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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The New Yorker—Early Days 1926-1928.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where do a majority of White's columns appear in the Seattle Times?
(a) The last page.
(b) The classified section.
(c) The front page.
(d) The leisure section.

2. Where does White first notice the New Yorker magazine?
(a) Grand Central Station.
(b) A restaurant.
(c) The library.
(d) Central Park.

3. How does White describe Adolph Ochs, publisher of the New York Times?
(a) Neither interesting nor interested.
(b) Interested, but not interesting.
(c) Interesting, but not interested.
(d) Both interested and interesting.

4. What does White first submit to the New Yorker?
(a) Long columns and poetry.
(b) Short items, long columns, and poetry.
(c) Long columns and short items.
(d) Short items and poetry.

5. In what musical instrument did White's father specialize?
(a) Violin.
(b) Drums.
(c) Guitar.
(d) Piano.

Short Answer Questions

1. In a newsbreak report to Harold Ross, how long does it take White to locate the paste?

2. With which faculty member(s) does White eventually write "The Elements of Style"?

3. How does White describe himself as a child?

4. How many children did White's parents have?

5. What poet does White parody in a December, 1918 letter to his mother?

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