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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. What does White first submit to the New Yorker?
(a) Short items and poetry.
(b) Short items, long columns, and poetry.
(c) Long columns and poetry.
(d) Long columns and short items.

2. What question does White tell Thurber he would like to ask President Roosevelt?
(a) "Where's the Humor?"
(b) "What's So Funny?"
(c) "What's with the Laughter?"
(d) "What's the Joke?"

3. Where were E.B. White's parents born?
(a) New York, NY.
(b) Queens, NY.
(c) Mount Vernon, NY.
(d) Brooklyn, NY.

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

5. What does White expect the project in Washington to be?
(a) A short project.
(b) A worthwhile project.
(c) A long project.
(d) A patriotic project.

Short Answer Questions

1. What possible excuse does White provide for the New Yorker's ignorance in his humorous letter of outrage in 1945?

2. What is the name of White and Katharine's Scottish terrier?

3. Which movie character does White write to his brother, Stanley, about in 1937?

4. When does White resign from writing for Harper's magazine?

5. What idea does White speak against while in Washington?

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