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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Letters from the East, 1960-1965.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What issue should people be concerned about, according to White in a 1947 letter to John Wentworth?
(a) The misunderstanding of the country's founding principles.
(b) The lack of objectivity in newspapers.
(c) The ties between businesses and newspapers.
(d) Ownership in fewer hands.

2. What reminder does White make about the agreement with communism?
(a) It should be ignored.
(b) It should be illegal.
(c) It is illegal.
(d) It is not illegal.

3. How many proposals does White have to make a movie of "Charlotte's Web"?
(a) None.
(b) Hundreds.
(c) Several.
(d) A few.

4. When does White respond to a letter by Cathy Durham?
(a) March, 1961.
(b) July, 1961.
(c) September, 1962.
(d) February, 1962.

5. Which nuclear physicist does White exchange letters with about nuclear disarmament?
(a) Edward Teller.
(b) Charles Hard Townes.
(c) Donald Arthur Glaser.
(d) William Bradford Shockley.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does White categorize his debate with the New York Herald Tribune?

2. What does White state in the official "letter from the author" that a child receives when writing to him?

3. When does White marry Katharine Angell?

4. What newspaper does White write to in order to correct an editorial that attributes Thurber's fame to him?

5. How many children does Katharine have when she and White are married?

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