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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part II: “Northern Europe,” Chapters 17-23.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. When was Rose Valland born?
(a) November 1, 1898.
(b) July 7, 1907.
(c) March 15, 1899.
(d) September 12, 1901.

3. 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) October, 1942.
(b) November, 1944.
(c) September, 1943.
(d) January, 1943.

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

5. Who rallied the survivors of the attack at Omaha Beach with the rallying cry, “Two kinds of people are staying on this beach, the dead and those who are going to die. Now let’s get the hell out of here,” according to the author in Part II: “Northern Europe,” Chapter 10?
(a) Colonel George A. Taylor.
(b) Private Harry Ettlinger.
(c) Major Ronald Edmund Balfour.
(d) Captain Walter Huchthause.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the date of the letter from Supreme Commander General Dwight David Eisenhower to General Vernon Prichard which opens Part I: “The Mission”?

2. 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?

3. How many of the Monuments Men were still in their twenties, according to the author in the introduction to Part I: “The Mission”?

4. When was the Madonna of La Gleize carved?

5. 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?

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