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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part V: “The Aftermath,” Chapters 51-52.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What literary review had Private First Class Lincoln Kirstein founded while attending Harvard?
(a) Hound and Horn.
(b) National Lampoon.
(c) Cambridge Literary Journal.
(d) Fox and Hound.

2. Part II: “Northern Europe,” Chapter 22 is titled “The Bulge” and takes place on the Western Front during what dates?
(a) December 16 and 17, 1944.
(b) April 2 and 3, 1943.
(c) March 12 and 13, 1944.
(d) June 12 and 13, 1944.

3. The city name of Salzburg translates from German to English to mean what?
(a) Tall Castle.
(b) Salt Castle.
(c) Sand Castle.
(d) White Castle.

4. When did Captain Walter Hancock arrive in Aachen, Germany, to assess the situation there, according to the author in Part II: “Northern Europe,” Chapter 17?
(a) January, 1943.
(b) November, 1944.
(c) October, 1942.
(d) September, 1943.

5. To whom is the letter addressed in Part II: “Northern Europe,” Chapter 17 from George Stout on October 4, 1944?
(a) Langdon Warner.
(b) Johannes Vermeer.
(c) Rose Valland.
(d) Captain Robert Posey.

Short Answer Questions

1. When did Walker Hancock arrive in La Gleize, Belgium, following the Battle of the Bulge?

2. Shrivenham is described in Part I: “The Mission,” Chapter 8 as a small rural village about halfway between London and what city?

3. What was the name of Adolf Hitler’s personal assistant?

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. On what date did the Führer give the ERR the authorization to “search lodges, libraries and archives in the occupied territories of the west for material valuable to Germany, and to safeguard the latter through the Gestapo”?

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