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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The War Years: 1942-1945.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Following the death of Katharine's father, where do the Whites vacation?
(a) California.
(b) Bahamas.
(c) Florida.
(d) Bermuda.

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

3. Which one of the following is not a writer that White works with at the New Yorker?
(a) John O'Hara.
(b) Peter Arno.
(c) Dorothy Parker.
(d) Frank Sullivan.

4. In his January, 1942 letter to Katharine, how does White describe his meeting with the assembled team in Washington?
(a) Bureaucratic, but not oppressive.
(b) Oppressive, but not bureaucratic.
(c) Oppressive and bureaucratic.
(d) Neither oppressive nor bureaucratic.

5. Where has White's brother, Stanley, moved to in order to work as a landscape architect?
(a) California.
(b) Nevada.
(c) Texas.
(d) Florida.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does White expect the project in Washington to be?

2. What is on the cover of the first New Yorker magazine that White sees?

3. How does White describe the perception of him at the New Yorker office in July, 1931?

4. How much is White paid for his column, "One Man's Meat", for Harper's Magazine?

5. According to a 1931 letter to Katharine, how much does White pay for a pair of sandals at Sears Roebuck?

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