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

2. How do Katharine and White communicate while at work?
(a) Interoffice memos.
(b) During office breaks.
(c) The office intercom.
(d) Messages delivered by other people.

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

4. How many musical instruments did White learn to play?
(a) None.
(b) One.
(c) Three.
(d) Two.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does White travel to after leaving Seattle in 1923?

2. What intrigued White about the girls in high school?

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

4. Which Kentucky newspaper publishes White's sonnet about a race's winning horse?

5. How does White describe publicity to Alice while working at the American Legion News Service?

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