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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. What word from Part V: “The Aftermath,” Chapter 53 refers to an ornamental shoulder piece on an item of clothing, typically on the coat or jacket of a military uniform?
(a) Courtier.
(b) Epaulette.
(c) Chandelle.
(d) Lapel.

2. How many paintings were discovered at the repository in the Altausee mine?
(a) 2,356.
(b) 5,215.
(c) 9,213.
(d) 6,577.

3. Once the former Nazi headquarters in Munich (the Munich Collecting Point) was filled to capacity with artwork in July of 1945, James Rorimer secured another building of almost equal size to hold the relics in what city?
(a) Bonn.
(b) Wiesbaden.
(c) Bad Godesberg.
(d) Cleves.

4. When was Hitler’s Nero Decree issued?
(a) March 19, 1945.
(b) April 16, 1945.
(c) September 17, 1940.
(d) March 23, 1945.

5. By June 4, 1945, how many repositories had been discovered in the U.S. Seventh Army territory alone?
(a) 59.
(b) 212.
(c) 175.
(d) 76.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who was the general director of the Altaussee mining operations in April of 1945?

2. How many gallons of water were leaked into the Heilbronn mine every day from the Neckar River?

3. The Hungarian crown jewels were discovered in an oil barrel sunk in marshland near what village in Bavaria?

4. Who painted St. Paul in Prison?

5. On what date did Albert Speer convince Hitler to change his Nero Decree from “total destruction” of nonindustrial sites to “crippling them lastingly”?

Short Essay Questions

1. Where were Captain Robert Posey and Private Lincoln Kirstein assigned in April of 1945? What did they discover in this location?

2. How and when did Adolf Hitler die? What did Hitler remark in his will regarding his art collection?

3. What does the author write of Harry Ettlinger’s meeting with Heinrich Hoffman in Part V: “The Aftermath,” Chapter 53?

4. When did Lieutenant George Stout leave Europe? How does the author describe his demeanor as he left?

5. To whom did Second Lieutenant James J. Rorimer write to on May 17, 1945? What is stated in this letter?

6. When did Lieutenant George Stout arrive in Altaussee? How many artifacts were uncovered and catalogued by Stout there?

7. Who worked with Lieutenant George Stout and Captain Walker Hancock in Bernterode? How long did this mission take?

8. What did Second Lieutenant James J. Rorimer find in Neuschwanstein on his visit in early May of 1945?

9. What events took place between April 16 and April 20, 1945, as described in the narrative?

10. What did Captain Robert Posey and Private Lincoln Kirstein learn from the dentist’s son at the village outside of Trier in March of 1945?

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