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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 old did Adolf Hitler turn on April 20, 1945?
(a) 49.
(b) 52.
(c) 56.
(d) 65.

2. Cologne had been hit by how many repeated Allied bombing runs when George Stout and Walker Hancock entered the city in March of 1945?
(a) 164.
(b) 125.
(c) 211.
(d) 262.

3. Albert Speer was what official party member number of the Nazi Party?
(a) 474,481.
(b) 21,654.
(c) 125,213.
(d) 11,214.

4. Where was Albrecht Dürer born?
(a) Siegen, Germany.
(b) Heilbronn, Germany.
(c) Trier, Germany.
(d) Nuremberg, Germany.

5. What was the official title of Hitler’s Nero Decree?
(a) Destruction of Impasse Decree.
(b) Third Reich Submergence Decree.
(c) Demolitions on Reich Territory Decree.
(d) Interruption of Passage Decree.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who painted Landscape with the Good Samaritan?

3. When was the Dachau concentration camp opened?

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

5. Who was the technical director at the mine in Altaussee?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What led to the explosives being placed in the Altaussee mine? What led to their removal in April of 1945?

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

4. Why does the author state in Part V: “The Aftermath,” Chapter 54 that the reconstruction of Europe after World War II was one of the most complicated endeavors of modern times?

5. What did Captain Robert Posey and Private Lincoln Kirstein find in Trier, Germany, in March of 1945?

6. 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?

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

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

9. What led to the destruction of the Friedrichshain tower and many of the relics inside on May 1, 1945?

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

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