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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 wrote the chronicle of Nazi Berlin titled I Am a Camera?
(a) Langdon Warner.
(b) Lamont Moore.
(c) Archibald MacLeish.
(d) Christopher Isherwood.

2. Part I: "The Mission," Chapter 5 describes events in North Africa at what time?
(a) October, 1944.
(b) October, 1942.
(c) June, 1939.
(d) January, 1943.

3. Part II: “Northern Europe,” Chapter 22 is titled “The Bulge” and takes place on the Western Front during what dates?
(a) April 2 and 3, 1943.
(b) December 16 and 17, 1944.
(c) March 12 and 13, 1944.
(d) June 12 and 13, 1944.

4. In what year was Harry Ettlinger “banned from the local sports association,” according to the author in Part I: “The Mission,” Chapter 1?
(a) 1933.
(b) 1935.
(c) 1929.
(d) 1911.

5. On what date did Harry Ettlinger ship out to basic training?
(a) August 11, 1944.
(b) December 7, 1941.
(c) August 27, 1942.
(d) April 16, 1943.

Short Answer Questions

1. Lieutenant Colonel Sir Robert Eric Mortimer Wheeler was director of what museum prior to the war?

2. 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?

3. 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?

4. The author states in the introduction to Part I: “The Mission” that the Monuments Men were a group of men and women from how many nations?

5. Whom was Adolf Hitler visiting in Florence in May of 1938, according to the author in Part I: “The Mission,” Chapter 2?

Short Essay Questions

1. What mission did Captain Walker Hancock and Lieutenant George Stout undertake in October of 1944?

2. What letter is quoted in the introduction to Part II: "Northern Europe"? Who wrote the letter?

3. What reinforcements arrived to assist the Monuments Men in late 1944? What were their roles?

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

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

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. When did the Allied forces bomb the abbey at Monte Cassino, Italy? How did this event reflect upon the Allies?

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

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

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

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