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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. Who was the associate director of Harvard's Fogg Art Museum that developed a presentation which examined the imminent danger of the loss or destruction of valuable art across Europe with the spread of Nazi power, according to the author in Part I: "The Mission," Chapter 3?
(a) Rose Valland.
(b) Lamont Moore.
(c) Paul Sachs.
(d) Sheldon Keck.

2. Shrivenham is described in Part I: “The Mission,” Chapter 8 as a small rural village about halfway between London and what city?
(a) Liverpool.
(b) Bristol.
(c) Canterbury.
(d) Leeds.

3. What Austrian city did Hitler intend to redevelop into his own version of Florence, according to the author in Part I: “The Mission,” Chapter 2?
(a) Linz, Austria.
(b) Vienna, Austria.
(c) Salzburg, Austria.
(d) Altaussee, Austria.

4. When did Allied forces bomb Monte Cassino, Italy and destroy the abbey there?
(a) April 16, 1943.
(b) February 15, 1944.
(c) September 7, 1944.
(d) March 18, 1945.

5. Around what year did Seligmann’s descendants choose the surname Ettlinger?
(a) 1750.
(b) 1900.
(c) 1800.
(d) 1850.

Short Answer Questions

1. 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”?

2. 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”?

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. During what years was Franklin D. Roosevelt in office as President of the U.S.?

5. In what year was Harry Ettlinger “banned from the local sports association,” according to the author in Part I: “The Mission,” Chapter 1?

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