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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through E.B. White, a Biography, 1982-1985.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Based on White's input to a book on the New Yorker, from which magazines was Ross trying to make the New Yorker different?
(a) Neither Life nor Harper's.
(b) Life and Harper's.
(c) Life.
(d) Harper's.

2. How does White describe the perception of him at the New Yorker office in July, 1931?
(a) An unpredictable vacationist.
(b) A returning vacationist.
(c) An unapologetic vacationist.
(d) A perpetual vacationist.

3. How many proposals does White have to make a movie of "Charlotte's Web"?
(a) None.
(b) Hundreds.
(c) A few.
(d) Several.

4. What does White state in the official "letter from the author" that a child receives when writing to him?
(a) That children should read more books.
(b) That he always dreamed of writing to an author.
(c) That he never dreamed of writing to an author.
(d) That children have always been fans of literature.

5. What comparison does White use to illustrate his opinion of the draft in a 1942 letter to Harold Ross?
(a) The entertainment industry.
(b) The legal profession.
(c) The medical profession.
(d) The labor unions.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which one of the following is a concern that White has about the illustrations in "Charlotte's Web"?

2. How many corrections does White send to Scott Elledge for the first part of his biography?

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

4. In a memo to Harold Ross, how many inches does White say that the height of taxi cab doors are?

5. As he explains to his stepson, why is White not writing?

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