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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part IV: “The Void,” Chapters 44-50.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who painted St. Paul in Prison?
(a) Albrecht Dürer.
(b) Rembrandt.
(c) Pablo Picasso.
(d) Johannes Vermeer.

2. Whom was Adolf Hitler visiting in Florence in May of 1938, according to the author in Part I: “The Mission,” Chapter 2?
(a) Dr. Ernst Kaltenbrunner.
(b) Hermann Göring.
(c) Benito Mussolini.
(d) Heinrich Hoffman.

3. Who was the soldier that smashed the artwork in the home of a former Nazi official in March of 1945 because he was enraged at the Red Cross care packages found there?
(a) Major Ronald Edmund Balfour.
(b) Private Harry Ettlinger.
(c) Private First Class Richard Courtney.
(d) Captain Walter Huchthause.

4. When was the city of Munich founded?
(a) 1158.
(b) 1495.
(c) 1265.
(d) 1325.

5. On what date did the Monuments Men arrive at the Third Army base in Trier, Germany, to assess the damage there after the fighting ended?
(a) September 7, 1944.
(b) March 20, 1945.
(c) September 17, 1940.
(d) March 18, 1945.

Short Answer Questions

1. Shrivenham is described in Part I: “The Mission,” Chapter 8 as a small rural village about halfway between London and what city?

2. When did the U.S. forces catch up with Hans Frank, the notorious Nazi-governor-general of occupied Poland?

3. When is the letter dated that is from James Rorimer to his wife Katherine in the opening of Part II: “Northern Europe,” Chapter 10?

4. The First Reich refers to what empire?

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

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