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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When Hans Frank was apprehended by U.S. forces, he turned over how many volumes of his personal diaries to his captors?
(a) 43.
(b) 10.
(c) 21.
(d) 16.

2. What was the name of the 70-pound Holocaust survivor that was “adopted” by Harry Ettlinger’s detachment?
(a) Ike.
(b) Cleo.
(c) Eppie.
(d) Hertz.

3. For what publication did Lincoln Kirstein write an article in 1945 that stated of the Altausee mine that “so many witnesses told so many stories that the more information we accumulated the less truth it seemed to contain”?
(a) The New York Times.
(b) The New Yorker.
(c) Town and Country.
(d) The Atlantic.

4. Who wrote the draft lecture for soldiers in 1944 that is excerpted in the opening of Part V: “The Aftermath”?
(a) Private Harry Ettlinger.
(b) Captain Walker Hancock.
(c) Captain Walter Huchthause.
(d) Major Ronald Edmund Balfour.

5. When Stout and Hancock entered Cologne in March of 1945, Hancock assessed that there were less than how many citizens still left in the city?
(a) 40,000.
(b) 25,000.
(c) 100,000.
(d) 60,000.

6. Who was the “guide” that led George Stout and the others into Siegen, Germany on April 2, 1945?
(a) Monsieur George.
(b) Vicar Stephany.
(c) Lamont Moore.
(d) Gauleiter Eigruber.

7. Where did Walker Hancock locate Weyres, Count Wolff-Metternich’s assistant, in March of 1945?
(a) Salzburg, Austria.
(b) Siegen, Germany.
(c) Bad Godesberg, Germany.
(d) Karlsruhe, Germany.

8. Who painted Lady with an Ermine?
(a) Leonardo da Vinci.
(b) Albrecht Dürer.
(c) Pablo Picasso.
(d) Rembrandt.

9. What was the nickname of the Third Infantry Division of the U.S. Seventh Army?
(a) “The Rolling Stone.”
(b) “The Rough Riders.”
(c) “The Rock of the Marne.”
(d) “The Albatross of the West.”

10. Who was the general director of the Altaussee mining operations in April of 1945?
(a) Dr. Ernst Kaltenbrunner.
(b) Dr. Emmerich Pöchmüller.
(c) Gauleiter Eigruber.
(d) The Margrave Karl Wilhelm von Baden-Durlach.

11. When did Frederick William I die?
(a) 1725.
(b) 1802.
(c) 1740.
(d) 1640.

12. What German city did the Allied troops take over on Hitler’s birthday on April 20, 1945?
(a) Nuremberg.
(b) Siegen.
(c) Heilbronn.
(d) Trier.

13. What word from Part V: “The Aftermath,” Chapter 51 means leaving no doubt or ambiguity?
(a) Unequivocal.
(b) Indicative.
(c) Carnal.
(d) Exemplary.

14. On what date did the German forces surrender in Italy?
(a) April 12, 1945.
(b) March 20, 1945.
(c) May 2, 1945.
(d) March 18, 1945.

15. At what establishment did Private Harry Ettlinger stay with 20 or so other enlisted men in September 1945 in Heilbronn?
(a) The Kronprinz Hotel.
(b) Hotel Torbräu.
(c) Hotel Vier Jahreszeiten Kempinski München.
(d) Le Méridien.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who painted Girl with a Pearl Earring?

2. What word from Part V: “The Aftermath,” Chapter 53 refers to an ornamental shoulder piece on an item of clothing, typically on the coat or jacket of a military uniform?

3. On what date did the Monuments Men arrive at the Third Army base in Trier, Germany, to assess the damage there after the fighting ended?

4. The city name of Salzburg translates from German to English to mean what?

5. Where were the famed Amber Panels of Peter the Great looted from by the Nazis?

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