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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Charles Lindbergh prefer to do during college?
(a) Help his father with politics.
(b) Build airplanes.
(c) Race motorcycles.
(d) Study engineering.

2. Where did Lindbergh greet a crowd after sleeping in Paris?
(a) The Eiffel Tower.
(b) Le Bourget.
(c) The U.S. Embassy.
(d) The Louvre.

3. How long did it take for Lindbergh to lose sight of the coast of the U.S.?
(a) Three hours.
(b) Five hours.
(c) Six hours.
(d) One hour.

4. Where did Lindbergh take off from?
(a) Roosevelt Field.
(b) Flowerfield Airport.
(c) La Guardia Airport.
(d) Bennett Field.

5. Who were Lindbergh's competitors funded by?
(a) Governments.
(b) The flyers themselves.
(c) Corporations.
(d) Cities.

6. What did C.A. Lindbergh accomplish in 1906?
(a) Election to the U.S. House of Representatives.
(b) Election to the Minnesota House of Representatives.
(c) He won a prominent corruption case.
(d) He held hearings into the spread of socialism in America.

7. What did Lindbergh see in the cockpit in the 22nd hour?
(a) Ice forming.
(b) Smoke.
(c) Insects.
(d) Apparitions.

8. How did Charles Lindbergh help his father's political campaign?
(a) By writing for his advertisements.
(b) By driving him around the country.
(c) By soliciting support for him.
(d) By organizing his campaign.

9. What had Lindbergh brought with him on account of this worry?
(a) Identification papers.
(b) Money.
(c) Letters of introduction.
(d) A pistol.

10. Where did Lindbergh take The Spirit of St. Louis on its first flight?
(a) Paris.
(b) Washington D.C.
(c) New York.
(d) St. Louis.

11. What does chapter 5 consist of?
(a) Denenberg's speculations.
(b) Lindbergh's journal.
(c) Denenberg's dramatization.
(d) Lindbergh's letters.

12. Products did Lindbergh endorse?
(a) Cigarettes and scotch.
(b) Record labels.
(c) Aviation-related products.
(d) Shaving creams.

13. How far was the first powered flight?
(a) 120 miles.
(b) 1,200 yards.
(c) 12 miles.
(d) 120 feet.

14. Why was Lindbergh reluctant to accept this from the President?
(a) He had wanted to remain anonymous.
(b) He did not want fame.
(c) He had planned to circumnavigate the globe.
(d) He had not planned to return to the U.S.

15. What had Lindbergh been worried about, in terms of landing in France?
(a) Crowds.
(b) Customs.
(c) Impostors.
(d) Police.

Short Answer Questions

1. How much did it cost to built The Spirit of St. Louis?

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

3. When did Charles Lindbergh acquire his own plane?

4. How does Denenberg say Lindbergh characterized the camera men to himself?

5. What was the reaction to Lindbergh's transatlantic flight?

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