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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. In what year did a Jewish merchant named Seligmann establish himself in Karlsruhe, according to the author in Part I: “The Mission,” Chapter 1?
(a) 1725.
(b) 1798.
(c) 1811.
(d) 1625.

2. What was the name of Adolf Hitler’s personal assistant?
(a) Martin Bormann.
(b) Gauleiter Eigruber.
(c) Johannes Vermeer.
(d) Monsieur George.

3. In what year was Harry Ettlinger “banned from the local sports association,” according to the author in Part I: “The Mission,” Chapter 1?
(a) 1935.
(b) 1933.
(c) 1929.
(d) 1911.

4. When did the first of the Monuments Men arrive in Monte Cassino to inspect the damage there?
(a) May 27, 1944.
(b) March 18, 1945.
(c) August 27, 1942.
(d) July 17, 1944.

5. What was the nickname of the Third Infantry Division of the U.S. Seventh Army?
(a) “The Albatross of the West.”
(b) “The Rough Riders.”
(c) “The Rolling Stone.”
(d) “The Rock of the Marne.”

Short Answer Questions

1. On what date did the Führer give the ERR the authorization to “search lodges, libraries and archives in the occupied territories of the west for material valuable to Germany, and to safeguard the latter through the Gestapo”?

2. Where was Albrecht Dürer born?

3. Who was the first of the Monuments Men to visit the abbey at Monte Cassino to inspect the ruins?

4. Who is cited with the quotation describing the scientific breakthroughs he made with George Stout between 1927 and 1932 in the introduction to Part I: “The Mission”?

5. Where was British Monuments Man Ronald Balfour when he was killed by shrapnel?

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