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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who was the controversy centered around?
(a) The Postmaster General.
(b) The President.
(c) Lindbergh.
(d) An air mail company's president.

2. How did Lindbergh shock people in 1941?
(a) By blaming the Jews for dragging America into the war.
(b) By advocating further appeasement.
(c) By attacking the President for his isolationism.
(d) By embracing Hitler.

3. What was Lindbergh's estimation of Germany's air strength?
(a) He identified its strategic limitations.
(b) He thought them invincible.
(c) He described it as weak.
(d) He identified weaknesses in their air force.

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

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

6. What impression did Goering give Lindbergh of the Luftwaffe?
(a) He downplayed its power.
(b) He overstated its strengths.
(c) He accentuated its technical accomplishments.
(d) He made it seem less advanced than it was.

7. What did Lindbergh do to allow himself to speak openly about politics?
(a) Enter the military.
(b) Return his medal to Germany.
(c) Resign his post at Pan Am.
(d) Resign his military commission.

8. How much did the Lindberghs give Graveyard John?
(a) $150,000.
(b) $5,000.
(c) $100,000.
(d) $70,000.

9. What were the Lindberghs criticized for, by making this trip?
(a) Socialism.
(b) Treason.
(c) Abandoning their son.
(d) Racism.

10. How successful was Lindbergh at keeping to his strict schedule?
(a) He was routinely a few hours behind schedule.
(b) He made every stop on time.
(c) He was only late at one stop, and only because of fog.
(d) He got days behind almost from the start.

11. What did Roosevelt offer Lindbergh?
(a) Unmolested exile from the U.S.
(b) A cabinet post.
(c) Imprisonment, if he kept speaking in favor of Nazi Germany.
(d) An advisory position in the U.S. military.

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

13. What was Lindbergh's estimation of Nazi Germany?
(a) A threat to civilization.
(b) A necessary evil.
(c) A force for progress.
(d) An invincible military force.

14. What did the media call the Lindberghs' estate in Hopewell?
(a) The Estate.
(b) The Old Wings Home.
(c) The Eagle's Nest.
(d) The Flyers' Rest.

15. Who was Dr. Carrell?
(a) An private investigator.
(b) An aviation advocate.
(c) A heart surgeon.
(d) A politician.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was Lindbergh's estimation of Hitler?

2. What was the title of Lindbergh's autobiography?

3. What was Lindbergh's relation with the media after World War II?

4. Who did Lindbergh and Schwarzkopf suspect of the kidnapping?

5. What did Lindbergh embark on in late summer 1927?

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