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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. When did Lindbergh sight the Eiffel Tower?
(a) The 34th hour.
(b) The 33rd hour.
(c) The 27th hour.
(d) The 28th hour.

3. Who had Lindbergh expected to meet him?
(a) Thronging crowds.
(b) His wife.
(c) A handful of reporters.
(d) Policemen.

4. How much did it cost to built The Spirit of St. Louis?
(a) $1,500.
(b) $9,000.
(c) $25,000.
(d) $6,000.

5. Who built The Spirit of St. Louis?
(a) Curtis.
(b) Gulfstream.
(c) Ryan.
(d) Lockheed.

6. How much was the Orteig prize?
(a) $5,000.
(b) $1,000.
(c) $10,000.
(d) $25,000.

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

8. How successful was Lindbergh in his own barnstorming career?
(a) His skills attracted the notice of corporate sponsors.
(b) He made a fortune.
(c) He did not make money, but he learned a lot.
(d) He would have been forgotten except for his dangerous stunts.

9. Why did police attend Lindbergh's departure for Europe?
(a) To control the crowds.
(b) To ask him about a murder in New York.
(c) To protect him from assassination attempts.
(d) To make sure his flight plan was acceptable.

10. Where was C.A. Lindbergh's mother's house?
(a) Little Falls, Colorado.
(b) Little Falls, Minnesota.
(c) Detroit.
(d) Washington D.C.

11. What did Lindbergh fly without, on his transatlantic flight?
(a) A wristwatch.
(b) A log book.
(c) A rudder.
(d) A fuel gauge.

12. 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.

13. Why did Lindbergh name his plane The Spirit of St. Louis?
(a) To honor his patron's origins.
(b) To honor his birthplace.
(c) To memorialize the pioneer spirit.
(d) To establish St. Louis as an aviation mecca.

14. What was the reaction to Lindbergh's transatlantic flight?
(a) He became a controversial figure.
(b) He became a pariah.
(c) He became a hermit.
(d) He became a celebrity.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Lindbergh say about reporters in chapter 5?

2. How would barnstormers make money?

3. When did Lindbergh make his transatlantic flight?

4. When were the contents of chapter 5 written?

5. How does Denenberg describe Lindbergh in front of cameras?

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