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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. Who did White write had never been exposed to public schools in "Education"?
2. What initial did White refer to his neighbor who had died in "A Week in April"?
3. Where was E. B. White born?
4. What did White claim was "painfully unimaginative in its attempt to perpetuate a faith that has been gutted by so many fires"?
5. What grew by the potatoes below the barn in "Salt Water Farm"?
Short Essay Questions
1. What obstacle did White encounter in arranging his new office in "Incoming Basket"? What was his solution?
2. What did White describe doing in "Removal"? What was White's difficulty in this transition?
3. What conflict did White face in "Clear Days"? How did he relate this to world events?
4. What was White's transition to Maine like in the first articles of One Man's Meat? How is this reflected in his writing?
5. Where did White go in "Second World War"? What was his impression of the trip and his companion?
6. When did "Hot Weather" take place? What imagery did White exhibit in the essay?
7. What was White's impression of the World's Fair in "World of Tomorrow"?
8. Why was White inundated with children's books in "Children's Books"? What books did he mention?
9. What irony did White note about the dog in "A Boston Terrier"?
10. Describe White's use of imagery and other literary mechanisms. How did White provide humor in his articles?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Discuss the ideas and realities of dictatorship and fascism and analyze White's "Freedom." What political beliefs and ideologies are presented in "Freedom"?
Essay Topic 2
Describe the life and career of Henry David Thoreau and his impressions on E. B. White in "Walden." What did White think of Walden Pond when he saw it in the essay?
Essay Topic 3
Describe the world events in 1938, specifically examining the rise of Fascism and Nazism in Europe. What was the economy like in the United States during this period? How did White's assessment of his productivity in "Security" reflect the financial vision of the U.S.?
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