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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 was "Fall" written?

2. What crop did White claim had done well there in "Fall" that year?

3. What was the weather like in the beginning of "On a Florida Key"?

4. What was the name of the book given to White in "The Practical Farmer"?

5. What color were the walls painted in White's cottage in "On a Florida Key"?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who did White take to the lake with him in "Once More to the Lake"? Why?

2. What sort of list is the article "Memorandum"? What did White conclude in the article?

3. What world events were central in "Compost"? What was White's assertion of the situation?

4. What events did White describe in "A Winter Diary"?

5. How did White relate automobiles to politics in "Motor Cars"?

6. What is the most notable of literary techniques White implemented in his articles?

7. What surprised White about raising sheep in "A Shepherd's Life"?

8. What surroundings did White describe in "On a Florida Key"?

9. What does White compare in "Book Learning"? What were his conclusions?

10. What did White remark about the exclusivity of Maine in "Maine Speech"?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss Hitler's Mein Kampf and the state of World War II during 1940 and 1941. How is White's writing reflective of his emotional state about the war?

Essay Topic 2

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"?

Essay Topic 3

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?

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