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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Motor Cars, Maine Speech, Lime, Dog Training and The Wave of the Future.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did White claim was "painfully unimaginative in its attempt to perpetuate a faith that has been gutted by so many fires"?
(a) Art.
(b) Science.
(c) Philosophy.
(d) Church.

2. How many children did E. B. White have?
(a) 4.
(b) 3.
(c) 1.
(d) 2.

3. In "Walden," White wrote, "We may all be ______ yet, whether we like it or not."
(a) Terrified.
(b) Tremendous.
(c) Transcendental.
(d) Philosophers.

4. What train line in New York did White discover was being demolished in "Progress and Change"?
(a) The A Train.
(b) The 14th Street El.
(c) Sixth Avenue El.
(d) The G Train.

5. What did White see hunting in a field as he drove his son to school in "Second World War"?
(a) Three men.
(b) A pack of wolves.
(c) A fox.
(d) A cat.

Short Answer Questions

1. The speaker in "Camp Meeting" spoke about his financial plan for taking care of who in the United States?

2. When was "Report" written?

3. Who did White write had never been exposed to public schools in "Education"?

4. In what grade was White's son in "Education"?

5. What did White write grew beyond in the pasture "amid juniper and granite and lambkill" in "Salt Water Farm"?

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