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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 day of the week did White begin "A Week in April"?
(a) Wednesday.
(b) Saturday.
(c) Tuesday.
(d) Sunday.

2. What advertisement did White discuss in "A Boston Terrier"?
(a) Camel cigarettes.
(b) The World's Fair.
(c) Standard Oil.
(d) Gordon's Gin.

3. How many Toulouse geese did White have in "Report"?
(a) 14.
(b) 8.
(c) 3.
(d) 6.

4. White wrote in "Motor Cars" that the same autumn which saw the abandonment of the window crank and the adoption of the push button saw also the registration of how many young men of fighting age?
(a) 1 million.
(b) 230 million.
(c) 16 million.
(d) 120 million.

5. What adjective did White use to describe the schoolteacher's tasks in "Education"?
(a) Pythagorean.
(b) Simple.
(c) Herculean.
(d) Augean.

Short Answer Questions

1. White wrote in "Motor Cars" that the "motor car is, more than any other object, the expression of the" what?

2. What event had White visited in "The World of Tomorrow"?

3. What president did White refer to in "Lime"?

4. How many children's books did White say his wife received in the past season in "Children's Books"?

5. On what highway did White write he was doing fifty on in "Walden"?

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