1. 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) February 15, 1944.
(b) March 6, 1944.
(c) May 27, 1944.
(d) June 6, 1944.

2. Where did George Stout report for naval duty in January of 1943, according to the author in Part I: "The Mission," Chapter 6?
(a) Ohio.
(b) Texas.
(c) California.
(d) Maryland.

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) Captain Walter Huchthause.
(b) Major Ernest DeWald.
(c) General Dwight D. Eisenhower.
(d) Major Ronald Edmund Balfour.

4. On what date was Michelangelo's Bruges Madonna sculpture taken by German soldiers in Belgium?
(a) March 6, 1944.
(b) June 6, 1944.
(c) September 7, 1944.
(d) July 17, 1944.

5. What is the date of the letter from Supreme Commander General Dwight David Eisenhower to General Vernon Prichard which opens Part I: “The Mission”?
(a) April 16, 1943.
(b) August 27, 1942.
(c) December 20, 1941.
(d) June 26, 1939.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who was assigned to inspect monuments in Sicily on his own with no resources or assistance and once in Italy became buried by bureaucracy, according to the author in Part I: “The Mission”?

2. When was the city of Karlsruhe, Germany, established?

3. Who painted the Ghent Altarpiece?

4. Lieutenant Colonel Sir Robert Eric Mortimer Wheeler was director of what museum prior to the war?

5. What does “LST” stand for?

(see the answer key)

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