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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The New Yorker—Early Days 1926-1928.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What state did White and his family travel to in August?
(a) New Jersey.
(b) Maine.
(c) Connecticut.
(d) Philadelphia.

3. In a newsbreak report to Harold Ross, how long does it take White to locate the paste?
(a) Two minutes.
(b) Six minutes.
(c) Four minutes.
(d) Eight minutes.

4. Where does White first notice the New Yorker magazine?
(a) A restaurant.
(b) Grand Central Station.
(c) The library.
(d) Central Park.

5. What is on the cover of the first New Yorker magazine that White sees?
(a) A queen.
(b) Dancers.
(c) Eustace Tilley.
(d) The New York City skyline.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where do a majority of White's columns appear in the Seattle Times?

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

3. Where does White travel to after leaving Seattle in 1923?

4. How much are White and Cushman offered by the Buffalo Times for their daily column?

5. When does White begin living with three other Cornell graduates?

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