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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 7.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was conventional wisdom for how to pursue the Orteig prize?
(a) To use a cantilevered monoplane with structural reinforcements.
(b) To get into the jet stream.
(c) To use a multi-engine plane with a pilot and navigator.
(d) To use as much horsepower and as small a plane as possible.

2. When did Charles Lindbergh acquire his own plane?
(a) 1918.
(b) 1927.
(c) 1923.
(d) 1920.

3. What strategy did Charles and Anne Morrow Lindbergh adopt for going out in public?
(a) Decoys.
(b) Bodyguards.
(c) False press schedules.
(d) Disguises.

4. What kind of celebration was Lindbergh treated to in New York?
(a) A dance party.
(b) A christening at a new airport.
(c) A ticker tape parade.
(d) An honorary doctorate.

5. Who were Lindbergh's competition for the Orteig prize?
(a) Corporations.
(b) American military engineers.
(c) Individual pilots.
(d) French air force pilots.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why did Lindbergh name his plane The Spirit of St. Louis?

2. Why did Lindbergh nearly die from his stunt?

3. What happened to the flyers who set out for the Orteig prize before Lindbergh?

4. What business were Orville and Wilbur Wright in, when they invented the airplane in 1903?

5. What was the public's reaction to Lindbergh's manner in front of cameras?

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