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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. According to the author in Part II: “Northern Europe,” Chapter 10, the 101st and 82nd Airborne divisions had parachuted how many men behind enemy lines at Utah Beach?
(a) 3,000.
(b) 13,000.
(c) 10,000.
(d) 5,000.

2. Lieutenant Colonel Sir Robert Eric Mortimer Wheeler was director of what museum prior to the war?
(a) The Metropolitan Museum.
(b) The Jeu de Paume Museum.
(c) The Guggenheim Museum.
(d) The London Museum.

3. On what date did Japan bomb Pearl Harbor and catapult the U.S. into World War II?
(a) June 26, 1939.
(b) May 27, 1944.
(c) August 27, 1942.
(d) December 7, 1941.

4. When is the letter dated that is from James Rorimer to his wife Katherine in the opening of Part II: “Northern Europe,” Chapter 10?
(a) May 27, 1944.
(b) March 6, 1944.
(c) February 15, 1944.
(d) June 6, 1944.

5. In what year was Harry Ettlinger “banned from the local sports association,” according to the author in Part I: “The Mission,” Chapter 1?
(a) 1933.
(b) 1911.
(c) 1929.
(d) 1935.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to the author in Chapter 11 of Part II: “Northern Europe,” the Hotel de Ville library which was destroyed contained the whose charter?

2. What does “MFAA” stand for?

3. What archeological colleague of Colonel Wheeler’s “happened to be serving as an artillery captain in a unit near Leptis Magna,” according to the author in Part I: "The Mission," Chapter 5?

4. Who is cited with the quotation describing the scientific breakthroughs he made with George Stout between 1927 and 1932 in the introduction to Part I: “The Mission”?

5. Where did George Stout report for naval duty in January of 1943, according to the author in Part I: "The Mission," Chapter 6?

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