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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. Writing under a nom de plume, what does White express concern over?
(a) The disappearance of the American touring car.
(b) The lack of quality news stories.
(c) The changes in the design of sailing boats.
(d) The excessive number of movie critics.

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

3. What job does Katharine Angell, White's future wife, have with the New Yorker when he begins writing there?
(a) Fiction editor.
(b) Features editor.
(c) News editor.
(d) Poetry editor.

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

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. How many years do White and Katharine spend in Greenwich Village?

2. What possible excuse does White provide for the New Yorker's ignorance in his humorous letter of outrage in 1945?

3. How do Katharine and White communicate while at work?

4. What state did White and his family travel to in August?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What does White do after he returns from his road trip?

2. Who is Alice Burchfield?

3. What causes White to write a seething letter to the New York Herald Tribune?

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

5. How does White begin writing for the New Yorker, and what does he do once his position becomes permanent?

6. How does White gain confidence as a writer while in college, and what acquaintances does he make there?

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

8. What is the topic of the humorous letter of outrage that White sends to Harold Ross in July, 1945?

9. Where were White's parents from and what is their background?

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

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