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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. What does “MFAA” stand for?

2. When did the defeat of the German-Italian forces at the Second Battle of El Alamein take place?

3. The First Reich refers to what empire?

4. In Part II: “Northern Europe,” Chapter 10, the author states that the naval bombardment of Omaha Beach began at 5:37 a.m. on what date?

5. Part I: "The Mission," Chapter 5 describes events in North Africa at what time?

Short Essay Questions

1. What information did Second Lieutenant James J. Rorimer obtain in Paris in November of 1944?

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

3. Where was Lieutenant Colonel Sir Robert Eric Mortimer Wheeler stationed in January of 1943? How does the author describe his perception of this setting in Part I: "The Mission," Chapter 5?

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

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

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

7. What did Captain Walker Hancock find when he returned to La Gleize after the Battle of the Bulge? How did he fulfill his mission there?

8. Who comprised the group known as the Monuments Men? How does the author characterize these individuals in his introduction to Part I: “The Mission”?

9. How does the author describe the mission of Captain Mason Hammond in Part I: "The Mission," Chapter 6?

10. What hardships did Harry Ettlinger and his family encounter in Karlsruhe, Germany, in the 1930s?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the figure of George Stout in The Monuments Men. How old was George Stout when he first became involved in conservation? How well accepted was Stout within the art world? What role did Stout play in the preservation of art during World War II?

Essay Topic 2

Describe and discuss the Battle of the Bulge in World War II. Where did this assault take place? How many Allied casualties resulted from the Battle of the Bulge? What structural damage was done?

Essay Topic 3

Describe and discuss the figure of Captain Robert Posey in the narrative. Where did Posey study architecture? What were Posey’s first assignments in France? With what military unit was Posey assigned?

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