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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Who was the head of the Mineralogical Department of the Natural History Museum, Vienna that supposedly sent a message alerting Major Pearson to the hidden treasures at Altaussee?
(a) Dr. Ernst Kaltenbrunner.
(b) Albrecht Gaiswinkler.
(c) Dr. Emmerich Pöchmüller.
(d) Dr. Hermann Michel.

3. One of the items that was returned from the repositories was the famous stained-glass windows of what cathedral, which the French considered a national treasure?
(a) St. Stephen's Cathedral.
(b) The Strasbourg Cathedral.
(c) The Reims Cathedral.
(d) The Burgos Cathedral.

4. Almost how many women and men had served in the multinational MFAA effort in WWII?
(a) 350.
(b) 450.
(c) 100.
(d) 500.

5. Where was Albrecht Dürer born?
(a) Heilbronn, Germany.
(b) Trier, Germany.
(c) Nuremberg, Germany.
(d) Siegen, Germany.

6. Cologne had been hit by how many repeated Allied bombing runs when George Stout and Walker Hancock entered the city in March of 1945?
(a) 164.
(b) 262.
(c) 125.
(d) 211.

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

8. The city name of Salzburg translates from German to English to mean what?
(a) Salt Castle.
(b) Tall Castle.
(c) White Castle.
(d) Sand Castle.

9. Walter “Hutch” Huchthausen was on the road east of what town when he was killed by gunfire?
(a) Siegen, Germany.
(b) Heilbronn, Germany.
(c) Karlsruhe, Germany.
(d) Aachen, Germany.

10. What is referred to in Part IV: “The Void,” Chapter 37 as “the great lost civilization of Africa”?
(a) Mesopotamia.
(b) Timbuktu.
(c) Nairobi.
(d) Egypt.

11. When was the Reich Sword of Prince Albrecht forged?
(a) 1600.
(b) 1623.
(c) 1498.
(d) 1540.

12. On what date did James Rorimer first arrive at the southern German town of Heilbronn?
(a) April 12, 1945.
(b) September 7, 1944.
(c) April 16, 1945.
(d) March 20, 1945.

13. What was the name of Robert Posey’s wife?
(a) Elizabeth.
(b) Margaret.
(c) Alice.
(d) Sarah.

14. What does “semper fidelis” translate to in English?
(a) Always faithful.
(b) Duty before art.
(c) Lost remembrance.
(d) Tomorrow’s sorrows.

15. Where was British Monuments Man Ronald Balfour when he was killed by shrapnel?
(a) Salzburg, Austria.
(b) Cleves, Germany.
(c) Karlsruhe, Germany.
(d) Siegen, Germany.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who painted Landscape with the Good Samaritan?

2. Who was the commander of the Third Infantry Division of the U.S. Seventh Army?

3. Who established and opened the Dachau concentration camp?

4. Who painted The Astronomer?

5. Who was described as “Adolf Hitler’s close friend and personal photographer” in Part V: “The Aftermath,” Chapter 53?

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