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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. Who was Martin Bormann’s secretary in the bunker with Hitler and thus privy to most communiqués in the Third Reich, according to the author in Part V: “The Aftermath,” Chapter 51?
(a) Eberhard Mayerhoffer.
(b) Dr. Helmut von Hummel.
(c) Christopher Isherwood.
(d) Heinrich Hoffman.

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

5. Who was the commander of the Third Infantry Division of the U.S. Seventh Army?
(a) Major Ronald Edmund Balfour.
(b) Captain Walter Huchthause.
(c) Private First Class Richard Courtney.
(d) Major General John “Iron Mike” O’Daniel.

Short Answer Questions

1. What decade was it when Ernst Kubin located the source material to determine what really happened at Altaussee?

2. 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?

3. On what date did Albert Speer convince Hitler to change his Nero Decree from “total destruction” of nonindustrial sites to “crippling them lastingly”?

4. What word from Part V: “The Aftermath,” Chapter 51 means leaving no doubt or ambiguity?

5. Who painted St. Paul in Prison?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does the author write of Harry Ettlinger’s meeting with Heinrich Hoffman in Part V: “The Aftermath,” Chapter 53?

2. How many repositories does the author describe that were found in Germany following the war in Part V: “The Aftermath,” Chapter 53?

3. Why does the author say the story of the Monuments Men fell into obscurity? When were the Monuments Men officially recognized for their service?

4. How and when did Adolf Hitler die? What did Hitler remark in his will regarding his art collection?

5. Why does the author state in Part V: “The Aftermath,” Chapter 54 that the reconstruction of Europe after World War II was one of the most complicated endeavors of modern times?

6. When did Lieutenant George Stout arrive in Altaussee? How many artifacts were uncovered and catalogued by Stout there?

7. When did Captain Robert Posey and Private First Class Lincoln Kirstein arrive in Altaussee? What did they discover there?

8. Why does Robert Edsel assert that it was difficult to determine the story of Altaussee in the beginning of Part V: “The Aftermath”?

9. Who did the dentist’s son turn out to be that Captain Robert Posey and Private Lincoln Kirstein met at a village outside of Trier?

10. To whom did Second Lieutenant James J. Rorimer write to on May 17, 1945? What is stated in this letter?

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