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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. 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) Salzburg, Austria.
(b) Vienna, Austria.
(c) Altaussee, Austria.
(d) Linz, Austria.

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?
(a) Lamont Moore.
(b) Paul Sachs.
(c) Sheldon Keck.
(d) Rose Valland.

3. According to the author in Part II: “Northern Europe,” Chapter 21, the official role of the ERR was to provide material for whose “scholarly” institutes?
(a) Gauleiter Eigruber’s.
(b) Emmerich Pöchmüller’s.
(c) Hermann Göring’s.
(d) Alfred Rosenberg’s.

4. What field refers to the technical art of preserving older or damaged works of art?
(a) Alteration.
(b) Reiteration.
(c) Conservation.
(d) Adulteration.

5. 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) January, 1943.
(c) September, 1943.
(d) November, 1944.

Short Answer Questions

1. 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?

2. Rose Valland became volunteer assistant curator at what museum in 1932?

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. Whom was Adolf Hitler visiting in Florence in May of 1938, according to the author in Part I: “The Mission,” Chapter 2?

5. According to the author in Part I: "The Mission," Chapter 5, who held Egypt against the Nazis?

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