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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. Why had Lindbergh flown to meet Morrow?
(a) To propose a new airport in his district.
(b) To look for funding for a new air race.
(c) To improve U.S.-Mexico relations.
(d) To talk about plans to build new airplanes.

4. What influence had Lindbergh had on the practice of appeasement?
(a) His reports had made Hitler seem beneficial to the territories in question.
(b) His estimation of German air strength had led British leaders to make strategic concessions for tactical reasons.
(c) He had been critical of attempts to contain Nazism.
(d) His estimation of German air strength had made appeasement seem the best strategy.

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

6. What did Lindbergh die of?
(a) Old age.
(b) Lymphatic cancer.
(c) Plane crash.
(d) Brain tumor.

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

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

9. What did Lindbergh advocate in 1939?
(a) Containment.
(b) Isolationism.
(c) Engagement.
(d) Appeasement.

10. How did investigators finally find the kidnapper?
(a) By using fingerprints.
(b) By handwriting analysis.
(c) By dumb luck.
(d) By tracing gold certificates.

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

12. Where did the Lindberghs live after the war?
(a) Hopewell, NJ.
(b) England.
(c) Darien, CT.
(d) Boulder, CO.

13. When was Lindbergh's autobiography published?
(a) 1961.
(b) 1953.
(c) 1956.
(d) 1959.

14. What did Anne Morrow Lindbergh propose in 'Wave of the Future'?
(a) That Nazis be contained.
(b) That Nazis be supported.
(c) That the Nazis not be fought.
(d) That Nazis be exterminated.

15. 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.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. When did Lindbergh's view become a minority view?

3. Who was Dr. Carrell?

4. How old was Morrow's daughter when Lindbergh met her?

5. What was the result of the controversy?

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