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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 version of White's remembrance of Strunk is used in the final copy of "The Elements of Style"?
(a) An edited and shortened version.
(b) An expanded and revised version.
(c) The same version with notes included at the end of the text.
(d) The same version.

2. How does Cathy Durham's librarian respond to White's letter to Cathy?
(a) She is appreciative.
(b) She is offended.
(c) She is amused.
(d) She is confused.

3. What does the Dirksen amendment involve?
(a) A shortened school day for students.
(b) A longer school day for students.
(c) A new grading system for schools.
(d) Voluntary prayer in school.

4. Based on White's input to a book on the New Yorker, from which magazines was Ross trying to make the New Yorker different?
(a) Neither Life nor Harper's.
(b) Life.
(c) Harper's.
(d) Life and Harper's.

5. In another office memo, for which James Thurber story does White offer his comments?
(a) The Thirteen Doors.
(b) The Sixteen Clocks.
(c) The Sixteen Doors.
(d) The Thirteen Clocks.

Short Answer Questions

1. What newspaper does White write to in order to correct an editorial that attributes Thurber's fame to him?

2. Which station does White politely decline an interview with in 1978?

3. What examples does White include in a memo as entrances that would infuriate people if they were the same height as a taxi cab door?

4. What type of sound do the suggested songs for "Charlotte's Web" have in White's opinion?

5. Who writes the score for the children's concert of "The Trumpet of the Swan".

Short Essay Questions

1. How does White respond to a confused senior at Newton High School?

2. How does White explain the process of writing a book to fourth-graders of Columbus, Ohio?

3. Who does the illustrations for "Charlotte's Web", and what does White send to his publisher to help with the drawing of Charlotte?

4. How does Hanna-Barbera acquire the rights to produce the animated motion picture version of "Charlotte's Web"?

5. What journalistic advice does White give to his granddaughter in 1975?

6. Which ailment and animal's escapades does White write to his stepson and his wife about in 1968?

7. How does White contribute to his biography, and when and where does he pass away?

8. What is the subject of the exchanged letters between White and President Richard Nixon in July, 1969?

9. What question does Cathy Durham ask White, and how does he respond?

10. What is White's concern with the cover art for "Charlotte's Web" and what appropriate advice does he share?

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