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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. 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.

2. When does White write to Katharine about his separation from the New Yorker?
(a) May, 1937.
(b) July, 1937.
(c) July, 1938.
(d) May, 1938.

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

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

5. What reminder does White make about the agreement with communism?
(a) It should be illegal.
(b) It is illegal.
(c) It should be ignored.
(d) It is not illegal.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What was White's grandfather well known for?

3. When does White begin living with three other Cornell graduates?

4. When is White's son, Joel, born?

5. How does White describe the perception of him at the New Yorker office in July, 1931?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why did White first begin writing during his childhood?

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

3. What happens during White's early New York Times interview?

4. How does White discover the New Yorker?

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

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

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

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

9. How do White and Katharine handle their careers when they are first married?

10. What description does White provide of his wedding?

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