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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Turtle Bay, 1950-1951.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which one of the following is not a type of Hollywood tree that White includes in his letter to Stanley?
(a) Rope ladder tree.
(b) Hollow tree.
(c) All-purpose tree.
(d) Willow tree.

2. How does White categorize his debate with the New York Herald Tribune?
(a) Astonishing.
(b) Pointless.
(c) Ridiculous.
(d) Confusing.

3. In White's opinion, how different is the New Yorker in the 1950s?
(a) Completely different than it was in the 1920s.
(b) Moderately different than it was in the 1920s.
(c) Slightly different than it was in the 1920s.
(d) No different than it was in the 1920s.

4. Based on White's input to a book on the New Yorker, from which magazines was Ross trying to make the New Yorker different?
(a) Life and Harper's.
(b) Life.
(c) Harper's.
(d) Neither Life nor Harper's.

5. What reminder does White make about the agreement with communism?
(a) It is not illegal.
(b) It is illegal.
(c) It should be illegal.
(d) It should be ignored.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which movie character does White write to his brother, Stanley, about in 1937?

2. Where has White's brother, Stanley, moved to in order to work as a landscape architect?

3. With which faculty member(s) does White eventually write "The Elements of Style"?

4. How does the New York Herald Tribune refer to White in their response to his criticism?

5. Where is Katharine's father a successful businessman?

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