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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who did the Lindberghs visit in 1937 and 1938?
(a) Jewish leaders.
(b) German diplomats.
(c) German refugees.
(d) High-ranking Nazis.

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

3. Who backed Lindbergh financially?
(a) President Coolidge.
(b) Harry Knight.
(c) Erold Bahl.
(d) Harry Guggenheim.

4. What cause did Lindbergh take up later in life?
(a) Nuclear power.
(b) Conservation.
(c) Military development.
(d) Airline regulation.

5. What changed Lindbergh's view to a minority position?
(a) The failure of Hitler's air force.
(b) The suffering of the French.
(c) The Royal Air Force's success against the Luftwaffe.
(d) The publication of Hitler's atrocities.

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

7. How does Denenberg characterize the investigation of the Lindberghs' baby?
(a) Forensically advanced.
(b) A bungled mess.
(c) Highly scientific.
(d) Slow-witted.

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

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

10. Who was Colonel Schwarzkopf?
(a) The head of the New Jersey Police.
(b) An FBI agent.
(c) The kidnapper.
(d) A New Jersey investigator.

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

12. What effort did Lindbergh contribute to the war effort?
(a) He was a spokesman for the government.
(b) He raised money for the U.S. war bonds.
(c) He was a consultant to Henry Ford's factories.
(d) He advocated engagement and containment.

13. What did Lindbergh think was the best way to handle the investigation?
(a) Discreetly.
(b) Patiently.
(c) Aggressively.
(d) Publicly.

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

15. 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) Conceive another child.
(c) Write about their ordeal.
(d) Live normal lives.

Short Answer Questions

1. What position did Lindbergh articulate as spokesman for the America First Committee?

2. What impression did Goering give Lindbergh of the Luftwaffe?

3. Why did Lindbergh keep to a strict timetable?

4. What did the media call the Lindberghs' estate in Hopewell?

5. What was Anne Lindbergh's position on her husband's views?

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