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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Once More to the Lake, Fall, Memorandum, Coon Hunt and Intimations.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What movie did White cite in which Bette Davis plays a woman who relinquishes her wealth to move to the country to be with her physician husband in "Movies"?
(a) "Dark Victory."
(b) "Kid Galahad."
(c) "Jezebel."
(d) "Juarez."

2. White wrote in "A Shepherd's Life" that his goose would lay her what egg today?
(a) First.
(b) Fourth.
(c) Sixth.
(d) Seventh.

3. White wrote in "Walden" that he had often gone a mile out of his way to avoid a place of what interest?
(a) Musical.
(b) Significant.
(c) No.
(d) Historical.

4. Who gave White the book on farming in "The Practical Farmer"?
(a) A salesman.
(b) A preacher.
(c) His wife.
(d) His publishers.

5. When was "Memorandum" written?
(a) June, 1941.
(b) January, 1942.
(c) December, 1941.
(d) October, 1941.

Short Answer Questions

1. When was "Walden" written?

2. White admitted in "Freedom" that he was not anxious to do what?

3. How many young men did White say had gone into the service from his town in "Fall"?

4. What book did White claim had been so successful because it is so forthright without restrictions in "Compost"?

5. Who did White take with him to revisit his childhood lake in "Once More to the Lake"?

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