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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 many miles from Salzberg is the Pötschen Pass located?

2. Where were the famed Amber Panels of Peter the Great looted from by the Nazis?

3. When was the city of Munich founded?

4. When did the U.S. forces catch up with Hans Frank, the notorious Nazi-governor-general of occupied Poland?

5. When did Frederick William I die?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How does the author describe Albert Speer in Part III: “Germany”?

3. What did Captain Robert Posey and Private Lincoln Kirstein find in Trier, Germany, in March of 1945?

4. What did Captain Robert Posey and Private Lincoln Kirstein learn from the dentist’s son at the village outside of Trier in March of 1945?

5. When did Lieutenant George Stout leave Europe? How does the author describe his demeanor as he left?

6. 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?

7. Whom does Robert Edsel credit as the “true hero of Altaussee” in Part V: “The Aftermath”? Why?

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. What events took place between April 16 and April 20, 1945, as described in the narrative?

10. Whom was Second Lieutenant James J. Rorimer upset that he was unable to interrogate as he approached Neuschwanstein?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Describe and discuss the Battle of the Bulge in World War II. Where did this assault take place? How many Allied casualties resulted from the Battle of the Bulge? What structural damage was done?

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

Discuss the figure of Major Ronald Edmund Balfour in the narrative. How old was Balfour in 1944? Where had he worked as a historian and lecturer? When and how was Balfour killed in WWII? What impact did his death have on the other Monuments Men?

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