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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. How old was the oldest of the Monuments Men, according to the author in the introduction to Part I: “The Mission”?
2. On what date was Harry Ettlinger’s nineteenth birthday?
3. Where did Harry Ettlinger attend basic training for the Army?
4. Who was friends with Private First Class Lincoln Kirstein and the Librarian of Congress in 1944?
5. On what date were America's cultural leaders called to a meeting at the Metropolitan Museum of Art by Metropolitan Museum director Francis Henry Taylor, according to the author in Part I: "The Mission," Chapter 3?
Short Essay Questions
1. What reinforcements arrived to assist the Monuments Men in late 1944? What were their roles?
2. What took place at the meeting of the Monuments Men in France on August 13, 1944? Where did they meet?
3. Where was Hermann Göring’s art collection transported in March of 1945? Why?
4. Where were Captain Robert Posey and Captain Walker Hancock assigned after the victory of the Allies in Metz? What did they discover in these locations?
5. When did Second Lieutenant James J. Rorimer arrive in Normandy? What was his mission there?
6. What did Captain Walker Hancock find when he returned to La Gleize after the Battle of the Bulge? How did he fulfill his mission there?
7. What did Captain Walter Hancock find in Aachen, Germany during his trip there in late November of 1944?
8. How did Adolf Hitler feel about the displays of artwork and architecture in Italy? Where had Hitler intended to develop his own art city?
9. How does the author describe the mission of Captain Mason Hammond in Part I: "The Mission," Chapter 6?
10. What led up to the looting of the Bruges Madonna sculpture in 1944?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Discuss the life and work of Rose Valland. How did Rose Valland learn the German language? How was she able to convince the Nazis that she didn’t know German? What actions did Valland take that helped the Monuments Men in locating art?
Essay Topic 2
Describe the history of Karlsruhe, Germany, and the treatment of Jews in 18th Century Europe. Why was it a luxury for Jews to settle anywhere in the city of Karlsruhe? When were the earliest sanctions against Jews within secular society adopted? What were the benefits for a family like the Ettlingers of living in Karlsruhe?
Essay Topic 3
Describe and discuss the figure of Captain Robert Posey in the narrative. Where did Posey study architecture? What were Posey’s first assignments in France? With what military unit was Posey assigned?
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