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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. Out of 90,000 residents of Trier, Germany, about how many remained when the Monuments Men came to the city to assess the damage from the battles there?

2. On what date did the German forces surrender in Italy?

3. Where was British Monuments Man Ronald Balfour when he was killed by shrapnel?

4. What was the name of the local Nazi gouleiter (governor) at Altaussee that loaded crates of bombs into the salt mine where the relics were held?

5. Who received the French Legion of Honor on November 4, 1945?

Short Essay Questions

1. What did Captain Robert Posey and Private Lincoln Kirstein learn from the dentist’s son at the village outside of Trier in March of 1945?

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

3. What does the author write of Harry Ettlinger’s meeting with Heinrich Hoffman in Part V: “The Aftermath,” Chapter 53?

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

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

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

7. What events surrounded Hermann Göring and Hermann Bunjes in early May of 1945?

8. 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?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the figure of Jacques Jaujard from the narrative. What was Jacques Jaujard’s position within the network of the French National Museums? How did Jacques Jaujard protect many works from the Louvre? In what ways did he help James Rorimer?

Essay Topic 3

Describe the history of Karlsruhe, Germany, and the treatment of Jews in 18th Century Europe. Why was it a luxury for Jews to settle anywhere in the city of Karlsruhe? When were the earliest sanctions against Jews within secular society adopted? What were the benefits for a family like the Ettlingers of living in Karlsruhe?

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