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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 Jeu de Paume Museum.
(b) The Metropolitan Museum.
(c) The London Museum.
(d) The Suermondt Museum.

2. What was featured on the American flag banners that appeared in house windows if someone in that house had died in action?
(a) A gold star.
(b) A red star.
(c) A blue ribbon.
(d) A pink ribbon.

3. What Irish writer and who lived in France described Saint-Lô as “the Capital of the Ruins” after the Allied victory there?
(a) Edward Albee.
(b) James Joyce.
(c) Samuel Beckett.
(d) Pablo Picasso.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does “MFAA” stand for?

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

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

4. According to the author in Part II: “Northern Europe,” Chapter 21, the official role of the ERR was to provide material for whose “scholarly” institutes?

5. On what date was Harry Ettlinger’s nineteenth birthday?

Short Essay Questions

1. Where were Captain Robert Posey and Captain Walker Hancock assigned after the victory of the Allies in Metz? What did they discover in these locations?

2. 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?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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