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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. Rose Valland became volunteer assistant curator at what museum in 1932?
(a) The Suermondt Museum.
(b) The London Museum.
(c) The Metropolitan Museum.
(d) The Jeu de Paume Museum.

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

3. Who is cited with the quotation describing the scientific breakthroughs he made with George Stout between 1927 and 1932 in the introduction to Part I: “The Mission”?
(a) Lamont Moore.
(b) John Gettens.
(c) Johannes Vermeer.
(d) Sheldon Keck.

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

5. In Part II: “Northern Europe,” Chapter 10, the author states that the naval bombardment of Omaha Beach began at 5:37 a.m. on what date?
(a) May 27, 1944.
(b) February 15, 1944.
(c) June 6, 1944.
(d) March 6, 1944.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Where was Rose Valland born?

3. Where was Ronald Balfour a historian prior to his service, according to the author in Part I: “The Mission,” Chapter 8?

4. Who painted the Ghent Altarpiece?

5. After the Allied victory at Saint-Lô, who was the former schoolteacher and popular officer whose body was wrapped in an American flag and hoisted atop the ruins of the church of Sainte-Croix?

Short Essay Questions

1. How large was the MFAA when George Stout was first assigned to this unit in 1944? How were the members structured?

2. How does the author describe the mission of Captain Mason Hammond in Part I: "The Mission," Chapter 6?

3. 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?

4. When did the Monuments Men operate? What was their mission in World War II?

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

6. How does the author describe Lieutenant George Stout in 1944 and before this point? What was Stout’s specialty in the art world?

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

8. How did Adolf Hitler feel about the displays of artwork and architecture in Italy? Where had Hitler intended to develop his own art city?

9. When did Second Lieutenant James J. Rorimer arrive in Normandy? What was his mission there?

10. Where was Hermann Göring’s art collection transported in March of 1945? Why?

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