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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through In the Lee of the Barn, 1971-1976.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What section of the American freedoms pamphlet is White originally hired to write, before being asked to rewrite the entire document?
(a) The section on the Right to Bear Arms.
(b) The section on the Pursuit of Happiness.
(c) The section on Freedom of the Press.
(d) The section on Freedom of Speech.

2. What type of background did White's mother have?
(a) English.
(b) Scottish.
(c) Irish.
(d) Italian.

3. What job does Katharine Angell, White's future wife, have with the New Yorker when he begins writing there?
(a) Poetry editor.
(b) News editor.
(c) Fiction editor.
(d) Features editor.

4. In a May, 1952 letter, how does White describe the goose on the cover of "Charlotte's Web"?
(a) Uncharacteristically bird-like.
(b) Suspiciously serpentine.
(c) Uncharacteristically excited.
(d) Suspiciously sad.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. What case does White reference in a letter to the New York Herald Tribune?

4. Where does White first publish his remembrance of Strunk?

5. How does White describe his time with the New Yorker?

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