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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 were Lindbergh and his flight team waiting for before he took off?
2. Where did Charles Lindbergh work as a teenager?
3. What was the reaction to Lindbergh's transatlantic flight?
4. How did Lindbergh approach Paris?
5. When did Charles Lindbergh acquire his own plane?
Short Essay Questions
1. What was the childhood experience that left a long-lasting impression on Charles Lindbergh?
2. Where did Lindbergh learn to fly officially?
3. What special accommodations did Lindbergh make to increase his chances of success?
4. How was Lindbergh's decision about where to put the fuel tank unconventional?
5. Where did Lindbergh go after his arrival in Paris?
6. What was Lindbergh's theory for crossing the Atlantic?
7. What does Denenberg say about C.A. Lindbergh's marriage with Evangeline Lodge Land?
8. What is the Lindbergh family history before Charles Lindbergh, the aviator and subject of this biography, was born?
9. What had Lindbergh planned to do after arriving in Paris?
10. How did Lindbergh handle publicity?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
What made Lindbergh susceptible to believing Goering's exaggerated estimate of the Luftwaffe's strength?
Essay Topic 2
Write an evaluative review of "An American Hero". What is this book's place in culture? What are its uses? Who is its audience? What are its limitations?
Essay Topic 3
Distinguish, if you can, the phenomenon surrounding the transatlantic flight, which was obviously fascinating to the public, no matter who flew it, and Charles Lindbergh's personal contribution to aviation. The public was obviously already crazy for aviation--how did Charles Lindbergh himself affect the public's interest?
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