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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. How many miles from Salzberg is the Pötschen Pass located?
(a) 32.
(b) 65.
(c) 44.
(d) 10.

2. What was the name of the Austrian that claimed to have been parachuted into the area [of Altaussee] by the British to organize resistance?
(a) Dr. Ernst Kaltenbrunner.
(b) Albrecht Gaiswinkler.
(c) Dr. Hermann Michel.
(d) Dr. Emmerich Pöchmüller.

3. How long was the memo that Albert Speer composed on the apocalyptic effects of Hitler’s planned “scorched earth” policy?
(a) 16 pages.
(b) 4 pages.
(c) 22 pages.
(d) 10 pages.

4. What is the valley along the border between France and Germany that Captain Robert Posey and Private Lincoln Kirstein were traveling along in March of 1945, according to the author in Part III: “Germany,” Chapter 32?
(a) The San Fernando Valley.
(b) The Black Valley.
(c) The Saar Valley.
(d) The Saied Valley.

5. Who was the general director of the Altaussee mining operations in April of 1945?
(a) Gauleiter Eigruber.
(b) Dr. Emmerich Pöchmüller.
(c) The Margrave Karl Wilhelm von Baden-Durlach.
(d) Dr. Ernst Kaltenbrunner.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who was the chief of Hitler’s security police and the second-highest-ranking member of the SS in May of 1945?

2. When did Frederick William I die?

3. When was the Dachau concentration camp opened?

4. When was the Red-White-Red-Book published by the Austrian government?

5. How many paintings were discovered at the repository in the Altausee mine?

Short Essay Questions

1. Where were the central figures of the Monuments Men assigned in early April of 1945?

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

3. How does the author describe the work of the Monuments Men following the end of the war in Part V: “The Aftermath,” Chapter 53?

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

5. Where were Lieutenant George Stout and Captain Walker Hancock on the first of May in 1945? What did they find at this location?

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

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

8. Whom does Robert Edsel credit as the “true hero of Altaussee” in Part V: “The Aftermath”? Why?

9. Why does the author say the story of the Monuments Men fell into obscurity? When were the Monuments Men officially recognized for their service?

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

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