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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Most Beautiful Decision, 1929-1930.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. How many children did White's parents have?
(a) Five.
(b) Nine.
(c) Three.
(d) Seven.

3. What was White's grandfather well known for?
(a) Architecture.
(b) Music.
(c) Writing.
(d) Portrait painting.

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

5. For which newspaper is White a campus reporter?
(a) Cornell Post.
(b) Cornell Times.
(c) Cornell Daily News.
(d) Cornell Daily Sun.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does White befriend while vacationing in a small shack?

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

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

4. Where does White first notice the New Yorker magazine?

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

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