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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where was Harry Ettlinger living when he was drafted into the army?
(a) New York, New York.
(b) Memphis, Tennessee.
(c) Atlanta, Georgia.
(d) Newark, New Jersey.

2. The view from La Gleize, Belgium, overlooks what forest?
(a) North Sentinel Island Forest.
(b) The Trillemarka – Rollagsfjell Forest.
(c) The Ardennes Forest.
(d) The Crooked Forest.

3. When did Major Ronald Edmund Balfour arrive at the cathedral in Bruges to assess the damage by the looting Germans?
(a) March 6, 1944.
(b) June 6, 1944.
(c) October 10, 1944.
(d) September 16, 1944.

4. When did Captain Walker Hancock join George Stout on a mission to visit a repository that held Dutch masterpieces and an original Rembrandt and to arrange for the protection of the works?
(a) October 10, 1944.
(b) March 6, 1944.
(c) September 16, 1944.
(d) June 6, 1944.

5. Second Lieutenant James J. Rorimer was detained in Mont Saint-Michel by American soldiers because he was suspected to be what?
(a) A Russian spy.
(b) A French spy.
(c) A Spanish spy.
(d) A German spy.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who rallied the survivors of the attack at Omaha Beach with the rallying cry, “Two kinds of people are staying on this beach, the dead and those who are going to die. Now let’s get the hell out of here,” according to the author in Part II: “Northern Europe,” Chapter 10?

2. On what date did the 29th Infantry Division begin an all-out assault on the German 352nd Division at Saint-Lô in a surprise attack?

3. What was the name of Walker Hancock’s wife?

4. According to the author, Givet, Belgium was a replacement depot when Harry Ettlinger arrived there. What term did the men call this staging area for replacement troops?

5. In what year was Harry Ettlinger “banned from the local sports association,” according to the author in Part I: “The Mission,” Chapter 1?

Short Essay Questions

1. What hardships did Harry Ettlinger and his family encounter in Karlsruhe, Germany, in the 1930s?

2. How is Harry Ettlinger’s arrival in Europe described in Part III: “Germany,” Chapter 24? When did he arrive?

3. What did Captain Walter Hancock find in Aachen, Germany during his trip there in late November of 1944?

4. What information did Second Lieutenant James J. Rorimer obtain in Paris in November of 1944?

5. What led up to the looting of the Bruges Madonna sculpture in 1944?

6. With whom did Lieutenant Colonel Sir Robert Eric Mortimer Wheeler work in his efforts at conservation in January of 1943, according to the author in Part I: "The Mission," Chapter 5?

7. What is the history of the Ghent Altarpiece? Where did the work end up during World War II?

8. Who founded the city of Karlsruhe, Germany? What was notable about the people who settled in this city?

9. How did Rose Valland obtain the information that she passed along to Second Lieutenant James J. Rorimer?

10. What “hard copies” did Rose Valland pass along to Second Lieutenant James J. Rorimer in 1945?

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