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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which one of the following is not a writer that White works with at the New Yorker?
(a) John O'Hara.
(b) Dorothy Parker.
(c) Peter Arno.
(d) Frank Sullivan.

2. Where does White travel to after disappearing from the New Yorker?
(a) Vermont.
(b) Rhode Island.
(c) Maine.
(d) Connecticut.

3. Which one of the following is not included in the description White gives of his wedding?
(a) Everyone was late.
(b) It was a very nice wedding.
(c) Nobody threw anything.
(d) There was a dog fight.

4. In which hospital is White staying when he writes to his friend, Jim Wright?
(a) St. Vincent's Hospital.
(b) St. Luke's Hospital.
(c) St. Mary's Hospital.
(d) St. Barnabas Hospital.

5. How does White categorize his debate with the New York Herald Tribune?
(a) Confusing.
(b) Astonishing.
(c) Ridiculous.
(d) Pointless.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does White refer to his work in Washington in a March 2, 1942 letter to John Fleming?

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

3. What job does White have while living with his parents in New York?

4. Where do a majority of White's columns appear in the Seattle Times?

5. Where has White's brother, Stanley, moved to in order to work as a landscape architect?

Short Essay Questions

1. What unscheduled vacation does White take from the New Yorker and how does he inform them of his absence?

2. What happens in 1941 that leads to White's work in Washington?

3. What is "One Man's Meat"

4. What is the New York Herald Tribune's response to White's letter, and how does he reply?

5. Why does White write to Supreme Court Justice Felix Frankfurter and the director of the Bronx Zoo respectively?

6. How does White return to the New Yorker and what embarrassing situation does he encounter there?

7. As provided in his letters, what are some of White's opinions of the war and drafting?

8. How does White show Katharine her importance in his life?

9. Why does Katharine hesitate before agreeing to marry White?

10. How does White describe his meeting in Washington in January, 1942?

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