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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. To whom is the letter addressed in Part II: “Northern Europe,” Chapter 17 from George Stout on October 4, 1944?
(a) Johannes Vermeer.
(b) Langdon Warner.
(c) Captain Robert Posey.
(d) Rose Valland.

2. For what factory did Harry Ettlinger work to support his family while he was still in high school?
(a) Schultz Manufacturing.
(b) Weimar Manufacturing.
(c) Schmidt Manufacturing.
(d) Shiman Manufacturing.

3. On what date did Japan bomb Pearl Harbor and catapult the U.S. into World War II?
(a) August 27, 1942.
(b) May 27, 1944.
(c) December 7, 1941.
(d) June 26, 1939.

4. What is the date of the letter from Hitler directing Dr. Hans Posse on the construction of a museum in Part I: “The Mission,” Chapter 2?
(a) April 16, 1943.
(b) June 26, 1939.
(c) August 27, 1942.
(d) December 20, 1941.

5. Part II: “Northern Europe,” Chapter 22 is titled “The Bulge” and takes place on the Western Front during what dates?
(a) March 12 and 13, 1944.
(b) June 12 and 13, 1944.
(c) April 2 and 3, 1943.
(d) December 16 and 17, 1944.

6. The author states in the introduction to Part I: “The Mission” that the Monuments Men were a group of men and women from how many nations?
(a) 13.
(b) 5.
(c) 3.
(d) 21.

7. Who was the associate director of Harvard's Fogg Art Museum that developed a presentation which examined the imminent danger of the loss or destruction of valuable art across Europe with the spread of Nazi power, according to the author in Part I: "The Mission," Chapter 3?
(a) Sheldon Keck.
(b) Paul Sachs.
(c) Lamont Moore.
(d) Rose Valland.

8. What was featured on the American flag banners that appeared in house windows if someone in that house had died in action?
(a) A gold star.
(b) A blue ribbon.
(c) A red star.
(d) A pink ribbon.

9. Who founded the city of Karlsruhe, Germany?
(a) Annette von Droste-Hülshoff.
(b) The Margrave Karl Wilhelm von Baden-Durlach.
(c) Johann Karl Friedrich Rosenkranz.
(d) Hans Holbein the Elder.

10. In what year was Harry Ettlinger “banned from the local sports association,” according to the author in Part I: “The Mission,” Chapter 1?
(a) 1929.
(b) 1933.
(c) 1911.
(d) 1935.

11. The First Reich refers to what empire?
(a) The Nazi Empire.
(b) The Holy Roman Empire.
(c) The Greek Empire.
(d) The Egyptian Empire.

12. According to the author in Chapter 11 of Part II: “Northern Europe,” the Hotel de Ville library which was destroyed contained the whose charter?
(a) Adolf Hitler’s.
(b) William the Conqueror’s.
(c) Gauleiter Eigruber’s.
(d) The Margrave Karl Wilhelm von Baden-Durlach’s.

13. Who was the first of the Monuments Men to visit the abbey at Monte Cassino to inspect the ruins?
(a) Captain Walter Huchthause.
(b) Major Ronald Edmund Balfour.
(c) Major Ernest DeWald.
(d) Second Lieutenant James J. Rorimer.

14. What does “LST” stand for?
(a) Last Significant Territory.
(b) Landing Ship, Tanks.
(c) Lost Station Tank.
(d) Last Standing Table.

15. Who painted the Ghent Altarpiece?
(a) Albrecht Dürer.
(b) Johannes Vermeer.
(c) Rembrandt.
(d) Hubert and Jan van Eyck.

Short Answer Questions

1. How old was Private First Class Lincoln Kirstein in December of 1944?

2. The Madonna of La Gleize was moved to the cellar of whose house following the Battle of the Bulge?

3. Who was assigned to inspect monuments in Sicily on his own with no resources or assistance and once in Italy became buried by bureaucracy, according to the author in Part I: “The Mission”?

4. On what date was Harry Ettlinger’s nineteenth birthday?

5. Rose Valland became volunteer assistant curator at what museum in 1932?

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