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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. Who is described in Part III: “Germany,” Chapter 26 as “a curator at the National Gallery who had helped evacuate its prized works to the Biltmore Estate in 1941”?
(a) George A. Taylor.
(b) Lamont Moore.
(c) Gauleiter Eigruber.
(d) Jacques Jaujard.

2. Before World War II, what had been the population of Cologne, Germany?
(a) Almost 250,000.
(b) Almost 100,000.
(c) Almost 800,000.
(d) Almost 300,000.

3. When did Walker Hancock arrive in La Gleize, Belgium, following the Battle of the Bulge?
(a) September, 1944.
(b) January, 1943.
(c) February, 1945.
(d) November, 1944.

4. On what date was Harry Ettlinger’s nineteenth birthday?
(a) September 7, 1944.
(b) July 17, 1944.
(c) August 27, 1942.
(d) January 28, 1945.

5. Who painted the Ghent Altarpiece?
(a) Johannes Vermeer.
(b) Hubert and Jan van Eyck.
(c) Albrecht Dürer.
(d) Rembrandt.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Part II: “Northern Europe,” Chapter 10, the author states that the naval bombardment of Omaha Beach began at 5:37 a.m. on what date?

2. What is the date of Rosenberg’s transmittal letter to Hitler accompanying albums of photographs of works of art stolen for the Führermuseum in Part I: “The Mission,” Chapter 7?

3. On what date was Michelangelo's Bruges Madonna sculpture taken by German soldiers in Belgium?

4. What German city did the Allied troops take over on Hitler’s birthday on April 20, 1945?

5. The First Reich refers to what empire?

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