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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through 16 East 8th Street: 1931-1936.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What job does Katharine Angell, White's future wife, have with the New Yorker when he begins writing there?
(a) Fiction editor.
(b) News editor.
(c) Features editor.
(d) Poetry editor.

2. Where does White wait for Alice during a missed opportunity to see her?
(a) A bridge.
(b) A classroom.
(c) A tree.
(d) A river.

3. How does White describe publicity to Alice while working at the American Legion News Service?
(a) Old and underpaid.
(b) Old and overpaid.
(c) New and overpaid.
(d) New and underpaid.

4. How much are White and Cushman offered by the Buffalo Times for their daily column?
(a) One dollar each.
(b) Four dollars each.
(c) Two dollars each.
(d) Three dollars each.

5. Where do a majority of White's columns appear in the Seattle Times?
(a) The classified section.
(b) The front page.
(c) The last page.
(d) The leisure section.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many years do White and Katharine spend in Greenwich Village?

2. How does White describe the perception of him at the New Yorker office in July, 1931?

3. According to a 1931 letter to Katharine, how much does White pay for a pair of sandals at Sears Roebuck?

4. Which one of the following is not a writer that White works with at the New Yorker?

5. Which Kentucky newspaper publishes White's sonnet about a race's winning horse?

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