1. What was the name of the Austrian that claimed to have been parachuted into the area [of Altaussee] by the British to organize resistance?
(a) Dr. Ernst Kaltenbrunner.
(b) Dr. Hermann Michel.
(c) Dr. Emmerich Pöchmüller.
(d) Albrecht Gaiswinkler.

2. What word from Part V: “The Aftermath,” Chapter 53 refers to an ornamental shoulder piece on an item of clothing, typically on the coat or jacket of a military uniform?
(a) Chandelle.
(b) Lapel.
(c) Epaulette.
(d) Courtier.

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

4. The concentration camp at Buchenwald was liberated by the U.S. Third Army on what date?
(a) March 20, 1945.
(b) September 7, 1944.
(c) March 18, 1945.
(d) April 12, 1945.

5. Part I: "The Mission," Chapter 5 describes events in North Africa at what time?
(a) June, 1939.
(b) October, 1942.
(c) January, 1943.
(d) October, 1944.

Short Answer Questions

1. One of the items that was returned from the repositories was the famous stained-glass windows of what cathedral, which the French considered a national treasure?

2. What was the name of Robert Posey’s wife?

3. Who painted St. Paul in Prison?

4. When was Rose Valland born?

5. According to the author in Chapter 11 of Part II: “Northern Europe,” the Hotel de Ville library which was destroyed contained the whose charter?

(see the answer key)

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