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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. 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 made appeasement seem the best strategy.
(c) His estimation of German air strength had led British leaders to make strategic concessions for tactical reasons.
(d) He had been critical of attempts to contain Nazism.

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

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

5. How does Denenberg characterize Hauptmann's defense?
(a) Poor.
(b) Thorough.
(c) Strident.
(d) Bungled.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. How did investigators finally find the kidnapper?

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

5. When was Lindbergh's autobiography published?

Short Essay Questions

1. What was Lindbergh doing for work after he was married?

2. Who was Graveyard John?

3. What did Lindbergh see in his visits to Germany?

4. How does Denenberg characterize the Lindberghs' lives during the 1950s and 60s?

5. Describe the Lindberghs' literary successes after World War II.

6. What did Lindbergh do during the war?

7. Describe Lindbergh's marriage to Anne Morrow.

8. What efforts did the Lindberghs have to take to avoid the press?

9. What effect did Lindbergh's report on Germany's air strength have?

10. Describe the resurgence of Lindbergh's popularity in the 1960s.

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