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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where did Walker Hancock locate Weyres, Count Wolff-Metternich’s assistant, in March of 1945?
(a) Salzburg, Austria.
(b) Siegen, Germany.
(c) Karlsruhe, Germany.
(d) Bad Godesberg, Germany.

2. At what establishment did Private Harry Ettlinger stay with 20 or so other enlisted men in September 1945 in Heilbronn?
(a) The Kronprinz Hotel.
(b) Hotel Vier Jahreszeiten Kempinski München.
(c) Le Méridien.
(d) Hotel Torbräu.

3. On what date did George Stout arrive in Bernterode, Germany, to assess the mine there?
(a) July 17, 1944.
(b) April 16, 1945.
(c) May 1, 1945.
(d) September 7, 1944.

4. What was the official title of Hitler’s Nero Decree?
(a) Interruption of Passage Decree.
(b) Destruction of Impasse Decree.
(c) Demolitions on Reich Territory Decree.
(d) Third Reich Submergence Decree.

5. What word from Part V: “The Aftermath,” Chapter 51 means leaving no doubt or ambiguity?
(a) Carnal.
(b) Unequivocal.
(c) Indicative.
(d) Exemplary.

6. What was the name of the 70-pound Holocaust survivor that was “adopted” by Harry Ettlinger’s detachment?
(a) Ike.
(b) Hertz.
(c) Cleo.
(d) Eppie.

7. Before World War II, what had been the population of Cologne, Germany?
(a) Almost 100,000.
(b) Almost 800,000.
(c) Almost 250,000.
(d) Almost 300,000.

8. What decade was it when Ernst Kubin located the source material to determine what really happened at Altaussee?
(a) The 1960s.
(b) The 1950s.
(c) The 1980s.
(d) The 1970s.

9. Who was the “guide” that led George Stout and the others into Siegen, Germany on April 2, 1945?
(a) Vicar Stephany.
(b) Gauleiter Eigruber.
(c) Monsieur George.
(d) Lamont Moore.

10. Who established and opened the Dachau concentration camp?
(a) Dr. Ernst Kaltenbrunner.
(b) Heinrich Hoffman.
(c) Heinrich Himmler.
(d) Hermann Göring.

11. When was Hitler’s Nero Decree issued?
(a) March 23, 1945.
(b) April 16, 1945.
(c) March 19, 1945.
(d) September 17, 1940.

12. Who was the technical director at the mine in Altaussee?
(a) Eberhard Mayerhoffer.
(b) Christopher Isherwood.
(c) Dr. Helmut von Hummel.
(d) Heinrich Hoffman.

13. Before Harry Ettlinger’s grandfather fled Germany in 1939, he was forced to stash his art collection in a storage facility near what town?
(a) Baden-Baden, Germany.
(b) Salzburg, Austria.
(c) Trier, Germany.
(d) Bonn, Germany.

14. On what date did James Rorimer first arrive at the southern German town of Heilbronn?
(a) April 12, 1945.
(b) March 20, 1945.
(c) September 7, 1944.
(d) April 16, 1945.

15. Who painted The Astronomer?
(a) Pablo Picasso.
(b) Johannes Vermeer.
(c) Albrecht Dürer.
(d) Rembrandt.

Short Answer Questions

1. 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?

2. Who is credited with the following quote in the introduction to Part V: “The Aftermath”? “All the works of art for whose fate we still tremble will return to us, bringing the light of their beauty to attract, as before, pilgrims from every country and to inspire thoughts of peace.”

3. Who was the general director of the Altaussee mining operations in April of 1945?

4. What was the name of the Heilbronn mine’s vice director in April of 1945?

5. When Stout and Hancock entered Cologne in March of 1945, Hancock assessed that there were less than how many citizens still left in the city?

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