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

2. What is the title of Part II: “Northern Europe,” Chapter 21?
(a) “The Train.”
(b) “Cleves, Germany.”
(c) “The Cellar.”
(d) “Going West.”

3. When did the Battle of Aachen take place?
(a) March 12-20, 1944.
(b) September 1-12, 1943.
(c) December 12-18, 1944.
(d) October 2-21, 1944.

4. When was Rose Valland born?
(a) September 12, 1901.
(b) July 7, 1907.
(c) November 1, 1898.
(d) March 15, 1899.

5. 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?
(a) A “repple depple.”
(b) A “lion’s gate.”
(c) A “cross-depot.”
(d) A “timble bimble.”

Short Answer Questions

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

2. According to the author in Chapter 11 of Part II: “Northern Europe,” the Hotel de Ville library which was destroyed contained the whose charter?

3. Who painted the Ghent Altarpiece?

4. On what date did George Stout breathe “the first warm air of a British spring,” according to the author in the beginning of Part I: “The Mission,” Chapter 8?

5. When did the first of the Monuments Men arrive in Monte Cassino to inspect the damage there?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

5. What did Captain Walker Hancock find when he returned to La Gleize after the Battle of the Bulge? How did he fulfill his mission there?

6. When did the Ettlinger family settle in Karlsruhe? What history of the family is described in Part I: “The Mission,” Chapter 1?

7. What took place at the meeting of the Monuments Men in France on August 13, 1944? Where did they meet?

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

9. Where were the central Monuments Men during the Battle of the Bulge? What work were they doing at this time?

10. What realization did Second Lieutenant James J. Rorimer make regarding the locations of the most valuable works of art based on the information he gained from Rose Valland in 1945?

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