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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through One Man's Meat: 1937-1941.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What job does White have while living with his parents in New York?
(a) Advertising.
(b) Painting.
(c) Teaching.
(d) Sales.

2. Where has White's brother, Stanley, moved to in order to work as a landscape architect?
(a) Texas.
(b) Florida.
(c) Nevada.
(d) California.

3. In a newsbreak report to Harold Ross, how long does it take White to locate the paste?
(a) Two minutes.
(b) Four minutes.
(c) Eight minutes.
(d) Six minutes.

4. Which of the following is not included in the list of purchases White reports to his parents in a letter?
(a) Bread for ten cents.
(b) Milk for twenty cents.
(c) Boots for five dollars and fifty cents.
(d) A shirt for ninety cents.

5. Where does White wait for Alice during a missed opportunity to see her?
(a) A tree.
(b) A classroom.
(c) A bridge.
(d) A river.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does White first submit to the New Yorker?

2. In what musical instrument did White's father specialize?

3. How does White describe the perception of him at the New Yorker office in July, 1931?

4. What was White's grandfather well known for?

5. Declining an editor position for The Saturday Review, what does White label himself?

(see the answer key)

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