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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 is the name of White and Katharine's Scottish terrier?
(a) Millie.
(b) Daisy.
(c) Joy.
(d) Charlotte.

2. According to White's second rebuttal to the New York Herald Tribune, what is the best way to preserve American freedoms?
(a) To battle opposing points of view through the law.
(b) To extend the freedoms to everyone.
(c) To understand opposing points of view.
(d) To extend the freedoms to those who do not wish to hurt the country.

3. Which Kentucky newspaper publishes White's sonnet about a race's winning horse?
(a) The Louisville Times.
(b) The Lexington Gazette.
(c) The Louisville Herald.
(d) The Lexington Sun.

4. Which one of White's books is co-authored by Katharine?
(a) "The Trumpet of the Swan".
(b) "The Elements of Style".
(c) "A Subtreasury of American Humor".
(d) "Charlotte's Web".

5. What poet does White parody in a December, 1918 letter to his mother?
(a) Robert Browning.
(b) Robert Frost.
(c) Henry Wadsworth Longfellow.
(d) T.S. Eliot.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to his humorous memo to Ross, at which symposium did White decline to speak?

2. Which organization's offer of membership does White decline?

3. How does White describe publicity to Alice while working at the American Legion News Service?

4. What event prompts White to write the director of the Bronx Zoo?

5. In which hospital is White staying when he writes to his friend, Jim Wright?

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