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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Children's Books, Progress and Change, Salt Water Farm, Sabbath Morn and Education.

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) Science.
(b) Church.
(c) Philosophy.
(d) Art.

2. In what year was E. B. White's Forward to One Man's Meat written?
(a) 1946.
(b) 1945.
(c) 1942.
(d) 1944.

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

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

5. When was "Salt Water Farm" written?
(a) January, 1939.
(b) August, 1940.
(c) July, 1939.
(d) September, 1939.

Short Answer Questions

1. When was "Removal" written?

2. Three of the pieces in One Man's Meat were originally published in what magazine?

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

4. In the second edition of One Man's Meat, the book was expanded to include writings of E. B. White's for which magazine?

5. Where had White's son attended a "medium-priced private institution" in "Education"?

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