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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. In what village did White and his family seek shelter at in "A Winter Diary"?
2. White wrote in "Motor Cars" that the "motor car is, more than any other object, the expression of the" what?
3. "A Winter Diary" was written when?
4. Who wrote the book that was given to White in "The Practical Farmer"?
5. White wrote in "Motor Cars" that some years ago "car manufacturers maliciously began reducing the size of windows and increasing the size of" what?
Short Essay Questions
1. How did White relate automobiles to politics in "Motor Cars"?
2. What did White remark about the exclusivity of Maine in "Maine Speech"?
3. What actions did White retell in "My Day"?
4. What world events were central in "Compost"? What was White's assertion of the situation?
5. What opposing imaged did White juxtapose in "Morningtime and Eveningtime"? What irony did he find?
6. What is the most notable of literary techniques White implemented in his articles?
7. In what way did White claim children could be coddled in "Sanitation"?
8. What qualities of Spring did White describe in "Spring"?
9. What did White think of Anne Morrow Lindbergh's book in "The Wave of the Future"?
10. What sort of list is the article "Memorandum"? What did White conclude in the article?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
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 2
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 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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