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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. Who conceded territory to Hitler?

2. What did Roosevelt offer Lindbergh?

3. What was Lindbergh working to complete in July 1927?

4. How did Lindbergh shock people in 1941?

5. Why did Lindbergh keep to a strict timetable?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What was Lindbergh's political stance in the late 1930s?

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

4. What was found when Lindbergh's baby was discovered missing?

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

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

7. Describe Lindbergh's marriage to Anne Morrow.

8. What was Lindbergh employed at during the trial of Bruno Hauptmann?

9. What did Lindbergh do to turn people decisively against him?

10. Describe Lindbergh's publicity tour.

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

In what way specifically is Lindbergh an 'American' hero? Identify the trait that makes his story an American story.

Essay Topic 2

Denenberg says that Lindbergh's journals may have been written after the fact--to what extent does Lindbergh's life seem to have been revised or elaborated after the fact, to change Lindbergh's image in the public's eyes? How was the experience different from the account?

Essay Topic 3

What is missing from this book? What should have been covered or presented that was not? What is the effect of this absence? Describe an element that ought to have been covered, and explain why it would have made the book stronger.

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