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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Will Strunk's Little Book, 1955-1959.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where is the Whites' farm located?
(a) Brooklin, ME.
(b) Sedgwick, ME.
(c) Sunshine, ME.
(d) Naskeag, ME.

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

3. What response does White offer to a confused student at Newton High School?
(a) A style of writing is like a coat that a writer puts on.
(b) A style of writing is like an alter-ego for a writer.
(c) He never set out to achieve an identifiable style in his writing.
(d) He set out to deliberately achieve an identifiable style in his writing.

4. How many copies of "The Elements of Style" have been sold?
(a) Eight million copies.
(b) Four million copies.
(c) More than ten million copies.
(d) Ten million copies.

5. Who is Ursula Nordstrom?
(a) The editor at Harper & Brothers.
(b) The owner of Harper & Brothers.
(c) A former New Yorker coworker of White.
(d) A former Harper's coworker of White.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What examples does White include in a memo as entrances that would infuriate people if they were the same height as a taxi cab door?

3. Following the death of Katharine's father, where do the Whites vacation?

4. What activities is White's son enjoying at Cornell?

5. Which organization's offer of membership does White decline?

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