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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What was Lindbergh given by Goering?
(a) Money.
(b) A commission.
(c) A medal.
(d) An airplane.

3. 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 advocated engagement and containment.
(d) He was a consultant to Henry Ford's factories.

4. How did Violet Sharpe avoid interrogation?
(a) She pled the fifth.
(b) She killed herself.
(c) She went insane.
(d) She fled the country.

5. What did Lindbergh do after World War II?
(a) Consult for airline companies.
(b) Travel extensively.
(c) Rebuilt European industries.
(d) Work in Germany.

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

7. What position did Lindbergh articulate as spokesman for the America First Committee?
(a) Regulation.
(b) Isolationism.
(c) Engagement.
(d) Appeasement.

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

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

10. Where did the Lindberghs move to?
(a) France.
(b) Russia.
(c) Portugal.
(d) England.

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

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

13. What strategy did Charles and Anne Morrow Lindbergh adopt for going out in public?
(a) Disguises.
(b) False press schedules.
(c) Decoys.
(d) Bodyguards.

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

15. When did Lindbergh's view become a minority view?
(a) 1938.
(b) 1942.
(c) 1940.
(d) 1936.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who was Dr. Carrell?

2. What did Roosevelt offer Lindbergh?

3. What happened a month after Lindbergh's award?

4. Where did this journey take Lindbergh?

5. What did Lindbergh advocate in 1939?

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