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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where is Katharine's father a successful businessman?
(a) New England.
(b) Connecticut.
(c) New York.
(d) Boston.

2. Which of the following is not included in the list of purchases White reports to his parents in a letter?
(a) Milk for twenty cents.
(b) A shirt for ninety cents.
(c) Boots for five dollars and fifty cents.
(d) Bread for ten cents.

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

4. What activities is White's son enjoying at Cornell?
(a) Soccer and naval architecture.
(b) Football and archery.
(c) Soccer and archery.
(d) Football and naval architecture.

5. What does White buy for Katharine with the money from the published story, The Lady is Cold?
(a) A necklace.
(b) A coat.
(c) Candy.
(d) Flowers.

6. How do Katharine and White communicate while at work?
(a) During office breaks.
(b) Interoffice memos.
(c) The office intercom.
(d) Messages delivered by other people.

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

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

9. What label does the New York Herald Tribune give to White while responding to his criticism of their editorial?
(a) A dangerous element of society.
(b) A questionable element of society.
(c) A naive element of society.
(d) A controversial element of society.

10. How does the New York Herald Tribune refer to White in their response to his criticism?
(a) A committee of few.
(b) A committee of misinformation.
(c) A committee of one.
(d) A committee of ignorance.

11. How much is White paid for his column, "One Man's Meat", for Harper's Magazine?
(a) Three hundred dollars per week.
(b) Five hundred dollars per month.
(c) Five hundred dollars per week.
(d) Three hundred dollars per month.

12. Which one of the following is not a type of Hollywood tree that White includes in his letter to Stanley?
(a) Willow tree.
(b) All-purpose tree.
(c) Hollow tree.
(d) Rope ladder tree.

13. How does White describe publicity to Alice while working at the American Legion News Service?
(a) New and underpaid.
(b) New and overpaid.
(c) Old and underpaid.
(d) Old and overpaid.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does White suggest the Department of Corrections at the New Yorker should be changed to in 1935?

2. What job does Katharine Angell, White's future wife, have with the New Yorker when he begins writing there?

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

4. Where is the Whites' farm located?

5. What question does White tell Thurber he would like to ask President Roosevelt?

(see the answer keys)

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