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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. What was featured on the American flag banners that appeared in house windows if someone in that house had died in action?
2. Who was friends with Private First Class Lincoln Kirstein and the Librarian of Congress in 1944?
3. Where was Harry Ettlinger living when he was drafted into the army?
4. What archeological colleague of Colonel Wheeler’s “happened to be serving as an artillery captain in a unit near Leptis Magna,” according to the author in Part I: "The Mission," Chapter 5?
5. The chronicle of Nazi Berlin titled I Am a Camera eventually became the basis for what musical?
Short Essay Questions
1. Where was Lieutenant Colonel Sir Robert Eric Mortimer Wheeler stationed in January of 1943? How does the author describe his perception of this setting in Part I: "The Mission," Chapter 5?
2. What led up to the looting of the Bruges Madonna sculpture in 1944?
3. How did Rose Valland obtain the information that she passed along to Second Lieutenant James J. Rorimer?
4. What did Captain Walter Hancock find in Aachen, Germany during his trip there in late November of 1944?
5. Where were the central Monuments Men during the Battle of the Bulge? What work were they doing at this time?
6. How did Rose Valland’s actions protect valuable works of art in August of 1944?
7. Who founded the city of Karlsruhe, Germany? What was notable about the people who settled in this city?
8. What realization did Second Lieutenant James J. Rorimer make regarding the locations of the most valuable works of art based on the information he gained from Rose Valland in 1945?
9. How large was the MFAA when George Stout was first assigned to this unit in 1944? How were the members structured?
10. What reinforcements arrived to assist the Monuments Men in late 1944? What were their roles?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Discuss the biography and rise to power of Adolf Hitler. When and where was Hitler born? What was Hitler’s relationship to the art world? How did Hitler’s history as an aspiring art student influence his feelings about Jews, modern art, and the great art cities of Italy?
Essay Topic 2
Discuss the figure of Jacques Jaujard from the narrative. What was Jacques Jaujard’s position within the network of the French National Museums? How did Jacques Jaujard protect many works from the Louvre? In what ways did he help James Rorimer?
Essay Topic 3
Discuss the figure of George Stout in The Monuments Men. How old was George Stout when he first became involved in conservation? How well accepted was Stout within the art world? What role did Stout play in the preservation of art during World War II?
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