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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 was the name of Robert Posey’s wife?
(a) Margaret.
(b) Elizabeth.
(c) Alice.
(d) Sarah.

2. Who was the commander of the Third Infantry Division of the U.S. Seventh Army?
(a) Major Ronald Edmund Balfour.
(b) Private First Class Richard Courtney.
(c) Major General John “Iron Mike” O’Daniel.
(d) Captain Walter Huchthause.

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

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

5. Who was the technical director at the mine in Altaussee?
(a) Heinrich Hoffman.
(b) Dr. Helmut von Hummel.
(c) Christopher Isherwood.
(d) Eberhard Mayerhoffer.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to the author, in December of 1944, a devastating British air raid had killed how many civilians in Heilbronn?

2. Where did Harry Ettlinger send his grandfather’s art collection once he recovered it following the war?

3. Who was the head of the Mineralogical Department of the Natural History Museum, Vienna that supposedly sent a message alerting Major Pearson to the hidden treasures at Altaussee?

4. On what date did James Rorimer first arrive at the southern German town of Heilbronn?

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

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. Why does Robert Edsel assert that it was difficult to determine the story of Altaussee in the beginning of Part V: “The Aftermath”?

3. 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?

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

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

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

7. How many repositories does the author describe that were found in Germany following the war in Part V: “The Aftermath,” Chapter 53?

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

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

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

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