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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through E.B. White, a Biography, 1982-1985.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the Dirksen amendment involve?
(a) Voluntary prayer in school.
(b) A longer school day for students.
(c) A shortened school day for students.
(d) A new grading system for schools.

2. When does White marry Katharine Angell?
(a) 1928.
(b) 1929.
(c) 1927.
(d) 1926.

3. Writing under a nom de plume, what does White express concern over?
(a) The lack of quality news stories.
(b) The disappearance of the American touring car.
(c) The changes in the design of sailing boats.
(d) The excessive number of movie critics.

4. What is the subject of Sam Beaver's poem included in the children's concert of "The Trumpet of the Swan"?
(a) Swans.
(b) The zoo.
(c) Trumpets.
(d) The lake.

5. What does White state in the official "letter from the author" that a child receives when writing to him?
(a) That he always dreamed of writing to an author.
(b) That children have always been fans of literature.
(c) That he never dreamed of writing to an author.
(d) That children should read more books.

Short Answer Questions

1. What phrase does White use to describe the office he and James Thurber share?

2. What are the sales of White's book, Stuart Little, in 1946?

3. How many proposals does White have to make a movie of "Charlotte's Web"?

4. What comparison does White use to illustrate his opinion of the draft in a 1942 letter to Harold Ross?

5. Where does White first publish his remembrance of Strunk?

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