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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. Who was the commander of the Third Infantry Division of the U.S. Seventh Army?
2. Where did Harry Ettlinger send his grandfather’s art collection once he recovered it following the war?
3. What was the name of Harry Ettlinger’s grandfather who fled Germany in 1939?
4. What is the valley along the border between France and Germany that Captain Robert Posey and Private Lincoln Kirstein were traveling along in March of 1945, according to the author in Part III: “Germany,” Chapter 32?
5. What was the name of Robert Posey’s wife?
Short Essay Questions
1. When did Lieutenant George Stout leave Europe? How does the author describe his demeanor as he left?
2. How and when did Adolf Hitler die? What did Hitler remark in his will regarding his art collection?
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. What led to the explosives being placed in the Altaussee mine? What led to their removal in April of 1945?
5. Whom does Robert Edsel credit as the “true hero of Altaussee” in Part V: “The Aftermath”? Why?
6. How did Harry Ettlinger manage to locate and recover his grandfather’s art collection?
7. What did Captain Robert Posey and Private Lincoln Kirstein find in Trier, Germany, in March of 1945?
8. What did Second Lieutenant James J. Rorimer find in Neuschwanstein on his visit in early May of 1945?
9. For whom was Private Harry Ettlinger working as a translator in May of 1945? Where had he originally been assigned?
10. To whom did Second Lieutenant James J. Rorimer write to on May 17, 1945? What is stated in this letter?
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
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?
Essay Topic 3
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?
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