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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part II: “Northern Europe,” Chapters 10-16.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. After the Allied victory at Saint-Lô, who was the former schoolteacher and popular officer whose body was wrapped in an American flag and hoisted atop the ruins of the church of Sainte-Croix?
(a) Second Lieutenant James J. Rorimer.
(b) Major Ronald Edmund Balfour.
(c) Colonel George A. Taylor.
(d) Major Tom Howie.

2. When did Major Ronald Edmund Balfour arrive at the cathedral in Bruges to assess the damage by the looting Germans?
(a) October 10, 1944.
(b) March 6, 1944.
(c) June 6, 1944.
(d) September 16, 1944.

3. Who had issued an executive order stating that important artistic and historical sites were not to be bombed in one of his last acts before leaving Italy, prior to the bombing of the abbey at Monte Cassino?
(a) Major Ronald Edmund Balfour.
(b) General Dwight D. Eisenhower.
(c) Captain Walter Huchthause.
(d) Major Ernest DeWald.

4. According to the author in Part I: "The Mission," Chapter 5, who held Egypt against the Nazis?
(a) The Spanish.
(b) The Italians.
(c) The British.
(d) The French.

5. When was the Ghent Altarpiece completed?
(a) 1432.
(b) 1742.
(c) 1326.
(d) 1562.

Short Answer Questions

1. Part I: "The Mission," Chapter 5 describes events in North Africa at what time?

2. When did the defeat of the German-Italian forces at the Second Battle of El Alamein take place?

3. On what date did the 29th Infantry Division begin an all-out assault on the German 352nd Division at Saint-Lô in a surprise attack?

4. What field refers to the technical art of preserving older or damaged works of art?

5. When is the letter dated that is from James Rorimer to his wife Katherine in the opening of Part II: “Northern Europe,” Chapter 10?

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