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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. How many musical instruments did White learn to play?
(a) None.
(b) One.
(c) Three.
(d) Two.

2. What possible excuse does White provide for the New Yorker's ignorance in his humorous letter of outrage in 1945?
(a) Typos.
(b) Lack of editing.
(c) Haste.
(d) Inexperienced writers.

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

4. What type of background did White's mother have?
(a) English.
(b) Irish.
(c) Italian.
(d) Scottish.

5. When is White's son, Joel, born?
(a) 1933.
(b) 1931.
(c) 1932.
(d) 1934.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does White categorize his debate with the New York Herald Tribune?

2. What does White write about in a tongue-in-cheek letter to Harold Ross in July, 1945?

3. What label does the New York Herald Tribune give to White while responding to his criticism of their editorial?

4. Which Kentucky newspaper publishes White's sonnet about a race's winning horse?

5. How long after the wedding do White and Katharine return to their jobs?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who is Alice Burchfield?

2. What impulsive decision does White write to Katharine about in May, 1937?

3. Why does White decline a job offer from the Saturday Review?

4. What is "One Man's Meat"

5. What suggestions does White have for the New Yorker between 1932 and 1935?

6. What complications does Katharine have while giving birth to their son in 1931?

7. How does White discuss his interest in movies with Stanley in a March, 1937 letter?

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

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

10. What is the purpose of White's letter to John Wentworth in 1947?

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