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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to the author, Givet, Belgium was a replacement depot when Harry Ettlinger arrived there. What term did the men call this staging area for replacement troops?

2. On what date was Michelangelo's Bruges Madonna sculpture taken by German soldiers in Belgium?

3. What Irish writer and who lived in France described Saint-Lô as “the Capital of the Ruins” after the Allied victory there?

4. On what date did George Stout breathe “the first warm air of a British spring,” according to the author in the beginning of Part I: “The Mission,” Chapter 8?

5. Where did George Stout report for naval duty in January of 1943, according to the author in Part I: "The Mission," Chapter 6?

Short Essay Questions

1. What “hard copies” did Rose Valland pass along to Second Lieutenant James J. Rorimer in 1945?

2. How large was the MFAA when George Stout was first assigned to this unit in 1944? How were the members structured?

3. Where were the central Monuments Men during the Battle of the Bulge? What work were they doing at this time?

4. When did Second Lieutenant James J. Rorimer arrive in Normandy? What was his mission there?

5. When did the Ettlinger family settle in Karlsruhe? What history of the family is described in Part I: “The Mission,” Chapter 1?

6. Who founded the city of Karlsruhe, Germany? What was notable about the people who settled in this city?

7. Where were Captain Robert Posey and Captain Walker Hancock assigned after the victory of the Allies in Metz? What did they discover in these locations?

8. When did the Allied forces bomb the abbey at Monte Cassino, Italy? How did this event reflect upon the Allies?

9. What led up to the looting of the Bruges Madonna sculpture in 1944?

10. When did the Monuments Men operate? What was their mission in World War II?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the figure of Major Ronald Edmund Balfour in the narrative. How old was Balfour in 1944? Where had he worked as a historian and lecturer? When and how was Balfour killed in WWII? What impact did his death have on the other Monuments Men?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the importance of history and art within cultures and communities. What role do you think art, architecture, music, etc. play in the culture of a community? Why is it important to protect the relics and monuments of art from destruction during wartime?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss the settings of Normandy, Saint-Lô, and Mont Saint-Michel, France. When did the landings at Normandy take place? How many soldiers were deployed on D-Day? How many were killed? How were the cities of Normandy, Saint-Lô, and Mont Saint-Michel, France impacted by the WWII battles that took place there?

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