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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. How does the New York Herald Tribune refer to White in their response to his criticism?
(a) A committee of few.
(b) A committee of ignorance.
(c) A committee of one.
(d) A committee of misinformation.

3. What type of background did White's mother have?
(a) Italian.
(b) Scottish.
(c) English.
(d) Irish.

4. When does White submit the manuscript for Stuart Little to his agent?
(a) June, 1939.
(b) April, 1940.
(c) March, 1939.
(d) July, 1940.

5. When does White begin living with three other Cornell graduates?
(a) November, 1925.
(b) September, 1924.
(c) November, 1926.
(d) September, 1927.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which Supreme Court Justice does White reference in his letters during his time in Washington?

2. How does White categorize his debate with the New York Herald Tribune?

3. Where does Katharine travel to in order to get her divorce before marrying White?

4. What intrigued White about the girls in high school?

5. Writing under a nom de plume, what does White express concern over?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is Katharine Angell's background?

2. Why does White decline a job offer from the Saturday Review?

3. How do White and Katharine handle their careers when they are first married?

4. What description does White provide of his wedding?

5. How does White return to the New Yorker and what embarrassing situation does he encounter there?

6. What is the New York Herald Tribune's response to White's letter, and how does he reply?

7. What unscheduled vacation does White take from the New Yorker and how does he inform them of his absence?

8. What is the topic of the humorous letter of outrage that White sends to Harold Ross in July, 1945?

9. How does White describe his meeting in Washington in January, 1942?

10. Who is Alice Burchfield?

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