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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 was the Reich Sword of Prince Albrecht forged?
(a) 1623.
(b) 1600.
(c) 1498.
(d) 1540.

2. 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 Saar Valley.
(b) The Saied Valley.
(c) The San Fernando Valley.
(d) The Black Valley.

3. The city name of Salzburg translates from German to English to mean what?
(a) Sand Castle.
(b) White Castle.
(c) Tall Castle.
(d) Salt Castle.

4. What was the name of the local Nazi gouleiter (governor) at Altaussee that loaded crates of bombs into the salt mine where the relics were held?
(a) Gauleiter Eigruber.
(b) Hermann Göring.
(c) Dr. Ernst Kaltenbrunner.
(d) Heinrich Hoffman.

5. According to the author, in December of 1944, a devastating British air raid had killed how many civilians in Heilbronn?
(a) 7,000.
(b) 6,000.
(c) 2,000.
(d) 1,540.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where was British Monuments Man Ronald Balfour when he was killed by shrapnel?

2. Almost how many women and men had served in the multinational MFAA effort in WWII?

3. When Stout and Hancock entered Cologne in March of 1945, Hancock assessed that there were less than how many citizens still left in the city?

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

5. When did Monuments Men Robert Posey and Lincoln Kirstein arrive at Altaussee?

Short Essay Questions

1. 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?

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

3. How does the author describe Albert Speer in Part III: “Germany”?

4. Whom was Second Lieutenant James J. Rorimer upset that he was unable to interrogate as he approached Neuschwanstein?

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

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

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

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

9. How did Harry Ettlinger manage to locate and recover his grandfather’s art collection?

10. When did Captain Robert Posey and Private First Class Lincoln Kirstein arrive in Altaussee? What did they discover there?

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