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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Turtle Bay, 1950-1951.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What question does White tell Thurber he would like to ask President Roosevelt?
(a) "What's with the Laughter?"
(b) "Where's the Humor?"
(c) "What's the Joke?"
(d) "What's So Funny?"

2. What year does White create the cartoon featuring a caption that references the "most beautiful decision" of his life?
(a) 1930.
(b) 1929.
(c) 1928.
(d) 1927.

3. What are the sales of White's book, Stuart Little, in 1946?
(a) Over 150,000.
(b) Over 20,000.
(c) Over 50,000.
(d) Over 100,000.

4. How does the New York Herald Tribune refer to White in their response to his criticism?
(a) A committee of one.
(b) A committee of misinformation.
(c) A committee of ignorance.
(d) A committee of few.

5. With which faculty member(s) does White eventually write "The Elements of Style"?
(a) Martin Sampson.
(b) Bristow Adams and Martin Sampson.
(c) William Strunk.
(d) Bristow Adams and William Strunk.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which John Steinbeck book was the result of an assignment for Holiday magazine that White could not complete?

2. Where has White's brother, Stanley, moved to in order to work as a landscape architect?

3. Where does Katharine travel to in order to get her divorce before marrying White?

4. In White's opinion, how different is the New Yorker in the 1950s?

5. Where do a majority of White's columns appear in the Seattle Times?

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