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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. When did Allied forces bomb Monte Cassino, Italy and destroy the abbey there?
(a) March 18, 1945.
(b) April 16, 1943.
(c) February 15, 1944.
(d) September 7, 1944.

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?
(a) April 16, 1943.
(b) December 20, 1941.
(c) July 17, 1944.
(d) June 6, 1944.

3. Where was Rose Valland born?
(a) Bernterode, Germany.
(b) Bad Godesberg, Germany.
(c) Saint-Étienne-de-Saint-Geoirs, France.
(d) Asnières, France.

4. The First Reich refers to what empire?
(a) The Holy Roman Empire.
(b) The Egyptian Empire.
(c) The Greek Empire.
(d) The Nazi Empire.

5. 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.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. On what date did the Führer give the ERR the authorization to “search lodges, libraries and archives in the occupied territories of the west for material valuable to Germany, and to safeguard the latter through the Gestapo”?

4. According to the author in Part II: “Northern Europe,” Chapter 10, the 101st and 82nd Airborne divisions had parachuted how many men behind enemy lines at Utah Beach?

5. Part II: “Northern Europe,” Chapter 22 is titled “The Bulge” and takes place on the Western Front during what dates?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. 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?

3. Who comprised the group known as the Monuments Men? How does the author characterize these individuals in his introduction to Part I: “The Mission”?

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

5. Where was Lieutenant Colonel Sir Robert Eric Mortimer Wheeler stationed in January of 1943? How does the author describe his perception of this setting in Part I: "The Mission," Chapter 5?

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

7. 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?

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

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

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

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