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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. White wrote that he did not think there is any considerable good in what, in "Sanitation"?

2. Who did White take with him to revisit his childhood lake in "Once More to the Lake"?

3. What did White claim as his profession in "Questionnaire"?

4. What did E. B. White claim there was a lot of in him, which were not joiners in "Compost"?

5. White wrote that he was working on a picture from what book in "A Winter Diary"?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe White's companions in "Coon Hunt."

2. What actions did White retell in "My Day"?

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

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

5. What did White think of Anne Morrow Lindbergh's book in "The Wave of the Future"?

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

7. What qualities of Spring did White describe in "Spring"?

8. How did White effectively portray country life to an educated, urban audience?

9. What elements of E. B. White's writing make him engaging to the reader?

10. What survey did White conduct in "The Trailer Park"? What were his results?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the types of schools E. B. White and his wife Katharine attended. How were they different? How did this shape their ideals of education?

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 different magazines discussed in the article "Farm Paper" and discuss how they reflect E. B. White's personality and choices. Why did White choose The Rural New Yorker?

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