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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What prize did Lindbergh's autobiography win?
(a) The Congressional Medal of Honor.
(b) The Nobel Prize for Literature.
(c) The National Book Critics Circle Award.
(d) The Pulitzer Prize.

2. What was the subject of the controversy Lindbergh was embroiled in in 1934?
(a) Air mail contracts.
(b) Corruption in the air mail organization.
(c) Air mail efficiency.
(d) Deaths in air mail pilots.

3. What did Lindbergh embark on in late summer 1927?
(a) A new aviation company.
(b) A trip to China.
(c) A trip to South America.
(d) A tour to promote aviation.

4. How was Anne Morrow Lindbergh's "A Gift from the Sea" received?
(a) It was a bestseller.
(b) It was praised by the President.
(c) It received the Pulitzer Prize.
(d) It was not critically acclaimed.

5. What was Lindbergh's estimation of Hitler?
(a) He was critical of him.
(b) He was impressed by him.
(c) He was afraid of him.
(d) He was wary of him.

6. Where were Lindbergh and Anne Morrow married?
(a) In City Hall in New York.
(b) In Washington D.C.
(c) At the Morrow Estate.
(d) In an airplane.

7. What was the Lindberghs' second child's name?
(a) Frederick.
(b) Charles.
(c) Aidan.
(d) John.

8. What was Lindbergh's stance on Roosevelt's action?
(a) He sought to annul it in court.
(b) He sought to evade it by exploiting a loophole.
(c) He criticized it in a public telegram.
(d) He supported it in public letters.

9. What had changed in Germany's military?
(a) Sanctions had weakened it.
(b) The Depression had starved it of cash.
(c) Hitler had remilitarized.
(d) Hitler had let it languish.

10. When was the Lindberghs' son kidnapped?
(a) 1932.
(b) 1935.
(c) 1927.
(d) 1930.

11. What does Denenberg say Charles and Anne Morrow Lindbergh tried to do between the kidnapping the Hauptmann's execution?
(a) Make kidnapping a federal crime.
(b) Live normal lives.
(c) Write about their ordeal.
(d) Conceive another child.

12. Where did Charles and Anne Morrow Lindbergh depart for, soon after the birth of their second son?
(a) Russia.
(b) Asia.
(c) Europe.
(d) South America.

13. What was Anne Lindbergh's position on her husband's views?
(a) She blamed the bankers in addition to the Jews.
(b) She stood by them.
(c) She said he was not isolationist enough.
(d) She apologized for them.

14. What was Lindbergh's relation with Pan Am?
(a) Pilot.
(b) Designer.
(c) Consultant.
(d) Trustee.

15. What was Roosevelt's solution to the controversy?
(a) To privatize air mail.
(b) To create a new regulatory body overseeing air mail.
(c) To investigate the corruption.
(d) To make air mail a federal service.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who did the Lindberghs visit in 1937 and 1938?

2. Where did the Lindberghs live after the war?

3. When was Lindbergh asked to visit Germany?

4. How successful was Lindbergh at keeping to his strict schedule?

5. Who was Graveyard John?

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