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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. What magazine did White read to stay up to date on the cinema industry in "Movies"?

2. White wrote that the sound of what music "right after breakfast gives the summer day a loose, footless feeling" in "Hot Weather"?

3. How many of White's sheep were dungy tails in "Report"?

4. With whom did White share pastures for their sheep in "The Flocks We Watch by Night"?

5. When was "Removal" written?

Short Essay Questions

1. How vast was the farm White owned and described in "Salt Water Farm"?

2. Describe White's use of imagery and other literary mechanisms. How did White provide humor in his articles?

3. What obstacle did White encounter in arranging his new office in "Incoming Basket"? What was his solution?

4. What conflict did White face in "Clear Days"? How did he relate this to world events?

5. What did White write about his feelings of religion in "Sabbath Morn"?

6. What was White's transition to Maine like in the first articles of One Man's Meat? How is this reflected in his writing?

7. What did White discover about his expenses on the farm in "Security"? What was he doing in the narrative?

8. Who did White write a letter to in "Walden"? Why?

9. How did White describe the difference in duties for the country teacher in "Education"?

10. What did White criticize about modern films in "Movies"?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Describe the state of the U.S. economy in the end of 1939 going into 1940. When had the Great Depression begun? When did it end? How are White's assessments in "Report" reflective of the U.S. economy?

Essay Topic 2

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 3

Describe E. B. White's move from the city to the country. Where was White born and where did he move from? What was his farm like in comparison to his city home?

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