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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 is referred to in Part IV: “The Void,” Chapter 37 as “the great lost civilization of Africa”?
2. Who painted Lady with an Ermine?
3. The concentration camp at Buchenwald was liberated by the U.S. Third Army on what date?
4. Who was Martin Bormann’s secretary in the bunker with Hitler and thus privy to most communiqués in the Third Reich, according to the author in Part V: “The Aftermath,” Chapter 51?
5. In addition to the mine, a glass factory was also running at Heilbronn when Harry Ettlinger arrived in September of 1945. What products were being produced at the glass factory?
Short Essay Questions
1. How and when did Adolf Hitler die? What did Hitler remark in his will regarding his art collection?
2. How does the author describe the setting of Altaussee, Germany in Part IV: “The Void,” Chapter 37?
3. What does the author write of Harry Ettlinger’s meeting with Heinrich Hoffman in Part V: “The Aftermath,” Chapter 53?
4. What events surrounded Hermann Göring and Hermann Bunjes in early May of 1945?
5. When did Lieutenant George Stout leave Europe? How does the author describe his demeanor as he left?
6. 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?
7. Whom does Robert Edsel credit as the “true hero of Altaussee” in Part V: “The Aftermath”? Why?
8. How many repositories does the author describe that were found in Germany following the war in Part V: “The Aftermath,” Chapter 53?
9. What led to the explosives being placed in the Altaussee mine? What led to their removal in April of 1945?
10. Where were Captain Robert Posey and Private Lincoln Kirstein assigned in April of 1945? What did they discover in this location?
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
Discuss Berthold Konrad Hermann Albert Speer and the Demolitions on Reich Territory Decree of 1945 (the “Nero Decree”). When did Albert Speer join the Nazi Party? What was his connection to Adolf Hitler? Why did Albert Speer oppose the Demolitions on Reich Territory Decree of 1945?
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