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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 was the name of Adolf Hitler’s personal assistant?

2. Who painted Lady with an Ermine?

3. Who was described as “Adolf Hitler’s close friend and personal photographer” in Part V: “The Aftermath,” Chapter 53?

4. The concentration camp at Buchenwald was liberated by the U.S. Third Army on what date?

5. Who painted The Astronomer?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the biography of Harry Ettlinger and his life prior to deployment in World War II. For how many years had Harry and his family been living in the U.S.? How well did Harry speak English? When was Harry granted U.S. citizenship?

Essay Topic 2

Analyze and discuss the figure of Second Lieutenant James J. Rorimer in the narrative. How old was Rorimer when he landed in France? How did Rorimer stand apart from the other Monuments Men that the author has introduced in the book?

Essay Topic 3

Analyze and discuss the figure of Lieutenant Colonel Sir Robert Eric Mortimer Wheeler in the narrative. What was Wheeler’s profession before he joined the British North African Army? How old was he in 1943? What were his thoughts when he saw the destruction at Leptis Magna?

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