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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What were the Lindberghs criticized for, by making this trip?

2. When was the Lindberghs' son kidnapped?

3. Who was Graveyard John?

4. How does Denenberg characterize Hauptmann's defense?

5. How was Anne Morrow Lindbergh's "A Gift from the Sea" received?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe Lindbergh's marriage to Anne Morrow.

2. What did Lindbergh do during the war?

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

4. Who was Graveyard John?

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

6. Who was ultimately responsible for the Lindbergh baby's abduction and murder?

7. How did Lindbergh's opinion of Germany change the public's view of him?

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

9. What events undermined Lindbergh's political position?

10. What were the problems with the investigation in the Lindberghs' baby's disappearance?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

If Charles Lindbergh were a student today, what field would he have dropped out of school to work in? What areas today hold the promise that aviation held in the mid-1920s?

Essay Topic 2

What were Presidents Kennedy and Johnson invoking by inviting Lindbergh to state dinners at the White House? How did they distinguish between Lindbergh the aviator and Lindbergh the Nazi propagandist?

Essay Topic 3

Where is the climax of this book? Are there different climaxes? What questions does each climax resolve? What questions does each climax leave unanswered?

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