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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. Which Kentucky newspaper publishes White's sonnet about a race's winning horse?
(a) The Louisville Herald.
(b) The Louisville Times.
(c) The Lexington Sun.
(d) The Lexington Gazette.

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

3. What intrigued White about the girls in high school?
(a) Their dresses.
(b) The way they wore their hair.
(c) The makeup they wore.
(d) Their silk stockings.

4. Where does White travel to after disappearing from the New Yorker?
(a) Rhode Island.
(b) Maine.
(c) Connecticut.
(d) Vermont.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does White first submit to the New Yorker?

2. What job does White have while living with his parents in New York?

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

4. According to White's letter to Katharine, what is "man's ancient privilege"?

5. In which hospital is White staying when he writes to his friend, Jim Wright?

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