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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. What year(s) does White write letters about Katharine's miscarriage and his mother's passing?
(a) He writes about them both in 1935.
(b) 1935 and 1936.
(c) 1934 and 1935.
(d) He writes about them both in 1936.

2. Where does White first publish his remembrance of Strunk?
(a) The New York Post.
(b) The New York Herald Times.
(c) Harper's magazine.
(d) The New Yorker.

3. Which organization's offer of membership does White decline?
(a) The National Council of the Teachers of English.
(b) The National Institute of Education.
(c) The National Council of the Arts.
(d) The National Insitute of Arts and Letters.

4. What idea does White speak against while in Washington?
(a) That writing can be done under pressure.
(b) That writing can be done by committee.
(c) That writing can be done without humor.
(d) That writing can be done without research.

5. Where does White travel to after leaving Seattle in 1923?
(a) Antarctica.
(b) Alaska.
(c) Texas.
(d) Oklahoma.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does White caution Thurber about his story in the memo?

2. What type of background did White's mother have?

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

4. Declining an editor position for The Saturday Review, what does White label himself?

5. How many copies of "The Elements of Style" have been sold?

(see the answer key)

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