Letters of E. B. White Quiz Questions | Quiz: Mount Vernon, 1908-1917 to Charlotte's Web, 1952-1954

Quiz: Mount Vernon, 1908-1917 to Charlotte's Web, 1952-1954

This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

Directions: Circle the correct answer.

1. Where were E.B. White's parents born?
a) Queens, NY.
b) New York, NY.
c) Mount Vernon, NY.
d) Brooklyn, NY.

2. What is the annual limitation income that White agrees to for tax purposes?
a) Eighty five hundred dollars.
b) Ten thousand dollars.
c) Twenty thousand dollars.
d) Seventy five hundred dollars.

3. Which John Steinbeck book was the result of an assignment for Holiday magazine that White could not complete?
a) "East of Eden".
b) "Of Mice and Men".
c) "Travels with Charley".
d) "The Grapes of Wrath".

4. What case does White reference in a letter to the New York Herald Tribune?
a) The situation of film critics.
b) The...
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