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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through One Man's Meat: 1937-1941.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What phrase does White use to describe the office he and James Thurber share?
(a) A magnified coatroom.
(b) An exaggerated spare room.
(c) A sort of expanded cubicle.
(d) A sort of elongated closet.

2. What job does White have while living with his parents in New York?
(a) Sales.
(b) Advertising.
(c) Teaching.
(d) Painting.

3. What car do White and Howard Cushman use to travel around the country?
(a) Model T Roadster.
(b) Studebaker.
(c) Mercer Raceabout.
(d) Oldsmobile.

4. When does White write to Katharine about his separation from the New Yorker?
(a) July, 1937.
(b) May, 1938.
(c) May, 1937.
(d) July, 1938.

5. Which movie character does White write to his brother, Stanley, about in 1937?
(a) Ziegfeld.
(b) Captain Courageous.
(c) Dick Tracy.
(d) Tarzan.

Short Answer Questions

1. How long does White tell his friend, Charles Muller, that he can stay away from the farm?

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

3. When do the Whites rent a cottage on the coast of Maine?

4. How long after the wedding do White and Katharine return to their jobs?

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

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