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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 3: Chapter 9, "Living the News" through Chapter 12, "That Is So Last Year".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Chapter 8, "Bringing the News," Foster maintains that types of newspaper writing like advice columns and human interest stories exist for what reason?
(a) To fill up space not needed for daily news.
(b) To sell newspaper advertising.
(c) Because readers can not live without them.
(d) Because they are traditional.

2. In Chapter 9, "Living the News," how does Foster apply the idea of "free indirect speech" to New Journalism?
(a) He uses it to compare New Journalism with immersive journalism.
(b) He uses it to label Wolfe's attempt to recreate the inner lives of his subjects.
(c) He uses it to contrast New Journalism with fiction.
(d) He uses it to explain how Thompson narrates his own thoughts.

3. In Chapter 7, "All in How You Look at Things," Foster uses the Latin expression in media res. What does this expression mean?
(a) In strict chronological order.
(b) In the form of a circle.
(c) In narrative form.
(d) In the middle of things.

4. In Chapter 6, "Source Code," where does Foster suggest writers should gather information about historical figures?
(a) History books.
(b) Biographies.
(c) Primary sources.
(d) Newspaper archives.

5. In Chapter 3, "The Power of the Prologue," what does Foster say distinguishes the prologue from a preface?
(a) The word preface is generally only used for fiction.
(b) The word prologue is generally only used for fiction.
(c) The word preface is generally only used with narratives.
(d) The word prologue is generally only used with narratives.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 8, "Bringing the News," Foster says that All the President's Men is sui generis. He is saying that this book is what?

2. In Chapter 2, "The Ecology of the Nonfiction Biosphere," how does Foster define "specialty journalism"?

3. According to "The Building Blocks of Arguments," what are the "grounds" of a argument?

4. In Chapter 5, "It May Just Be Me, But..." what does Foster say about offering a source the chance to correct themselves if they claim that they misspoke?

5. In Chapter 1, "The Structure of Nonfiction Information," what are the "four Ps" that Foster discusses?

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