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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Hot Weather, Camp Meeting, Second World War, First World War and Poetry.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where did E. B. White move from to Maine?
(a) Connecticut.
(b) New York.
(c) Rhode Island.
(d) Maryland.

2. White wrote that the threat of what was "always in the pit of your stomach" in "Salt Water Farm"?
(a) Death.
(b) Fog.
(c) Rain.
(d) Snow.

3. 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) "Kid Galahad."
(b) "Dark Victory."
(c) "Jezebel."
(d) "Juarez."

4. When had White registered for the draft when he became eligible in "First World War"?
(a) August, 1918.
(b) January, 1919.
(c) September, 1918.
(d) February, 1919.

5. What magazine did White read to stay up to date on the cinema industry in "Movies"?
(a) Motion Picture magazine.
(b) Film Weekly.
(c) Movies Monthly.
(d) Entertainment Weekly.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What did White write was closely associated with evening and day's end in "Hot Weather"?

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

4. To whom did White write an imaginary letter in "Walden"?

5. What train line in New York did White discover was being demolished in "Progress and Change"?

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