A) 1840 B) 1815 C) 1830 D) 1820
A) Washington, D.C. B) New York C) Boston D) Philadelphia
A) Nathan Hale B) William Tudor C) George Bancroft D) Robert Dana
A) 1850 B) 1840 C) 1820 D) 1830
A) Focusing on scientific advancements B) Publishing solely poetry C) Improving society and elevating culture D) Promoting political dissent
A) Thomas Jefferson B) James Madison C) Nathaniel Bowditch D) Abraham Lincoln
A) Henry Adams and Edward Everett B) James Russell Lowell and Charles Eliot Norton C) William Cullen Bryant and George Ticknor D) John Lothrop Motley and Jared Sparks
A) War and Peace B) The Ambassadors C) Moby Dick D) Pride and Prejudice
A) George Bancroft B) Allen Thorndike Rice C) William Tudor D) Robert Dana
A) $3000 B) $2000 C) $1000 D) $5000
A) A major fire destroyed the printing press B) It was deemed politically unpopular C) The magazine ran out of funding D) Joseph Smyth was found to be a Japanese spy
A) Robert Dana B) James Russell Lowell C) William Tudor D) Allen Thorndike Rice
A) Yale University B) University of Northern Iowa C) Cornell College D) Harvard University
A) Dana purchased the magazine from Pell B) Pell provided funding for the magazine's revival C) Dana successfully negotiated arrangements with Claiborne Pell, at the time Senator from Rhode Island, who asserted that he had the rights to the magazine. D) Pell became the new editor-in-chief
A) Iowa State University B) University of Iowa C) University of Northern Iowa D) Cornell College
A) Robert Dana B) William Tudor C) Nathan Hale D) Rachel Moregan
A) Eight B) Twelve C) Six D) Four
A) Poetry, short stories, collections from past magazine issues, and crime fiction. B) Only historical documents C) Only political pamphlets D) Only academic texts
A) To award the best published poetry of the year B) To fund graduate students in poetry C) To provide scholarships for aspiring writers D) To honor James Hearst—a celebrated poet and longtime professor at the University of Northern Iowa—the prize recognizes exceptional previously unpublished poetry.
A) Poetry collections B) Historical accounts C) Short stories D) Exceptional works of creative nonfiction that demonstrate literary excellence and innovation.
A) Complex philosophical arguments B) Dark and violent themes C) Wit, irreverence, humanity, and stylistic daring characteristic of Vonnegut's writing. D) Strict adherence to historical accuracy
A) Three times B) Five times C) Four times D) Twice
A) The Wall Street Journal, The Financial Times, Forbes B) O. Henry anthology, Pushcart Prize, Best American Short Stories, Best American Travel Writing C) Scientific American, National Geographic, Time Magazine D) The New Yorker, The Atlantic, Harper's Magazine
A) Communication Arts' Annuals, Society of Publication Designers' Annual, Print's Regional Design Annuals, the Society of Illustrators exhibitions B) Nobel Prizes, Turing Awards, Fields Medals C) Pulitzer Prizes, National Book Awards, Academy Awards D) Grammy Awards, Emmy Awards, Tony Awards
A) It was awarded to the printer of the magazine B) It was awarded twice to the North American Review for best cover among consumer magazines with a circulation of less than 100,000. C) It was a competition for the best cover in the United States D) It was a prize for the magazine's overall design |