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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. Where was the last known office of the former Paris Kunstschutz leader Count Wolff-Metternich said to be in March of 1945?

2. One of the items that was returned from the repositories was the famous stained-glass windows of what cathedral, which the French considered a national treasure?

3. What decade was it when Ernst Kubin located the source material to determine what really happened at Altaussee?

4. 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?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. Who did the dentist’s son turn out to be that Captain Robert Posey and Private Lincoln Kirstein met at a village outside of Trier?

4. Why does the author say the story of the Monuments Men fell into obscurity? When were the Monuments Men officially recognized for their service?

5. For whom was Private Harry Ettlinger working as a translator in May of 1945? Where had he originally been assigned?

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

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the biography and rise to power of Adolf Hitler. When and where was Hitler born? What was Hitler’s relationship to the art world? How did Hitler’s history as an aspiring art student influence his feelings about Jews, modern art, and the great art cities of Italy?

Essay Topic 2

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 3

Describe and discuss the site of Leptis Magna in modern-day Libya. During what century did the Berbers and Phoenicians supposedly found the city where this monument stands? What value does this ancient site have for civilizations and culture today?

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