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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. When did World War I end?

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

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

4. What basket did E. B. White decide was unnecessary on his Maine desk in "Incoming Basket"?

5. How much money had White calculated it cost him to maintain one turkey on his farm in "Security"?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What did White conclude about poets in "Poetry"?

4. When was "The Summer Catarrh" written? What did White write about his allergies in this essay?

5. Describe the contradictions in E. B. White's nature as viewed through his writing.

6. When was "Report" written? What did this article entail?

7. What magazines did White discuss in the article "Farm Paper"?

8. Who did White see speak in "Camp Meeting"? What were his conclusions of the speech?

9. When did "Hot Weather" take place? What imagery did White exhibit in the essay?

10. What foreshadowing can be seen in White's second section of articles in One Man's Meat?

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 E. B. White's subject, themes, and symbolism in "The Practical Farmer" and "Sanitation." How did White relate a child's scratch to his entire life in "Sanitation"?

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