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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through 16 East 8th Street: 1931-1936.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does White describe his time with the New Yorker?
(a) Logical.
(b) Chaotic.
(c) Illogical.
(d) Organized.

2. How does White describe publicity to Alice while working at the American Legion News Service?
(a) Old and overpaid.
(b) New and overpaid.
(c) Old and underpaid.
(d) New and underpaid.

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

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

5. Which one of the following is not included in the description White gives of his wedding?
(a) Nobody threw anything.
(b) There was a dog fight.
(c) Everyone was late.
(d) It was a very nice wedding.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does White describe himself as a child?

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

3. After marrying a Wall Street broker, what example of alliteration did White's sister's name become?

4. How does White describe Adolph Ochs, publisher of the New York Times?

5. Where does White wait for Alice during a missed opportunity to see her?

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