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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 buy for Katharine with the money from the published story, The Lady is Cold?
(a) A necklace.
(b) Flowers.
(c) A coat.
(d) Candy.

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

3. Where does White travel to after leaving Seattle in 1923?
(a) Antarctica.
(b) Texas.
(c) Alaska.
(d) Oklahoma.

4. After marrying a Wall Street broker, what example of alliteration did White's sister's name become?
(a) Marion Carion.
(b) Marion Harion.
(c) Lillian Gillian.
(d) Lillian Illian.

5. When does White marry Katharine Angell?
(a) 1929.
(b) 1927.
(c) 1928.
(d) 1926.

Short Answer Questions

1. What type of background did White's mother have?

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

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

4. What year does White create the cartoon featuring a caption that references the "most beautiful decision" of his life?

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

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