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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part IV: “The Void,” Chapters 37-43.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When did the Battle of Hürtgen Forest take place?
(a) January to February, 1944.
(b) September to December, 1944.
(c) August to September, 1943.
(d) March to May, 1944.

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

3. What name refers to vegetable, fruit and herb gardens planted at private residences and public parks in the United States, United Kingdom, Canada and Germany during World War I and World War II to reduce the pressure on the public food supply brought on by the war effort?
(a) Spanish gardens.
(b) Cultivar gardens.
(c) Peacetime gardens.
(d) Victory gardens.

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

5. Where was British Monuments Man Ronald Balfour when he was killed by shrapnel?
(a) Salzburg, Austria.
(b) Karlsruhe, Germany.
(c) Cleves, Germany.
(d) Siegen, Germany.

Short Answer Questions

1. The concentration camp at Buchenwald was liberated by the U.S. Third Army on what date?

2. What Irish writer and who lived in France described Saint-Lô as “the Capital of the Ruins” after the Allied victory there?

3. The chronicle of Nazi Berlin titled I Am a Camera eventually became the basis for what musical?

4. 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?

5. Albert Speer was what official party member number of the Nazi Party?

(see the answer key)

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