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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. Who established and opened the Dachau concentration camp?
2. How many paintings were discovered at the repository in the Altausee mine?
3. For what publication did Lincoln Kirstein write an article in 1945 that stated of the Altausee mine that “so many witnesses told so many stories that the more information we accumulated the less truth it seemed to contain”?
4. Who wrote the draft lecture for soldiers in 1944 that is excerpted in the opening of Part V: “The Aftermath”?
5. On what date did the Monuments Men arrive at the Third Army base in Trier, Germany, to assess the damage there after the fighting ended?
Short Essay Questions
1. 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?
2. How does the author describe Albert Speer in Part III: “Germany”?
3. For whom was Private Harry Ettlinger working as a translator in May of 1945? Where had he originally been assigned?
4. How did Harry Ettlinger manage to locate and recover his grandfather’s art collection?
5. Who worked with Lieutenant George Stout and Captain Walker Hancock in Bernterode? How long did this mission take?
6. 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?
7. How and when did Adolf Hitler die? What did Hitler remark in his will regarding his art collection?
8. What led to the destruction of the Friedrichshain tower and many of the relics inside on May 1, 1945?
9. Where were Walker Hancock and George Stout when they learned of Major Ronald Edmund Balfour’s death? How did they respond?
10. Why does Robert Edsel assert that it was difficult to determine the story of Altaussee in the beginning of Part V: “The Aftermath”?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Discuss the importance of history and art within cultures and communities. What role do you think art, architecture, music, etc. play in the culture of a community? Why is it important to protect the relics and monuments of art from destruction during wartime?
Essay Topic 2
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 3
Analyze and discuss the figure of Second Lieutenant James J. Rorimer in the narrative. How old was Rorimer when he landed in France? How did Rorimer stand apart from the other Monuments Men that the author has introduced in the book?
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