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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part III: “Germany,” Chapters 24-29.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What is the date of the letter from Hitler directing Dr. Hans Posse on the construction of a museum in Part I: “The Mission,” Chapter 2?
(a) December 20, 1941.
(b) April 16, 1943.
(c) June 26, 1939.
(d) August 27, 1942.

3. What does “LST” stand for?
(a) Lost Station Tank.
(b) Last Standing Table.
(c) Last Significant Territory.
(d) Landing Ship, Tanks.

4. The author states in the introduction to Part I: “The Mission” that the Monuments Men were a group of men and women from how many nations?
(a) 13.
(b) 5.
(c) 21.
(d) 3.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Part I: "The Mission," Chapter 5 describes events in North Africa at what time?

2. To whom is the letter addressed in Part II: “Northern Europe,” Chapter 17 from George Stout on October 4, 1944?

3. How old was the oldest of the Monuments Men, according to the author in the introduction to Part I: “The Mission”?

4. Where was Ronald Balfour a historian prior to his service, according to the author in Part I: “The Mission,” Chapter 8?

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

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