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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. According to "The Building Blocks of Arguments," what purpose do warrants serve?
(a) Warrants explain counterclaims.
(b) Warrants link claims and grounds.
(c) Warrants provide evidence.
(d) Warrants are like conclusions.

2. In Chapter 6, "Source Code,"what does Foster say about researching primary sources on microfiche?
(a) It may be tedious, but it's worth the effort.
(b) Microfiche is an unreliable medium.
(c) Microfiche is obsolete and has already been supplanted by digital sources.
(d) It's too much work.

3. In Chapter 7, "All in How You Look at Things," what is the purpose of Foster's discussion of structure in Coming into the Country?
(a) To demonstrate the limits of chronological structure.
(b) To demonstrate that theme is dependent on detail.
(c) To show that cause and effect structure can be used for narrative.
(d) To show how chronological structure can be adapted to a particular message.

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

5. The section of this book called "The Books in the Book" is what part of the book?
(a) An appendix.
(b) A preface.
(c) A foreward.
(d) The introduction.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 8, "Bringing the News," one of the main points that Foster wants to make about All the President's Men is what?

2. In Chapter 2, "The Ecology of the Nonfiction Biosphere," where does Foster say editorial content can usually be found in the newspaper?

3. In Chapter 1, "The Structure of Nonfiction Information," what does Foster say is the purpose of the "four Ps?"

4. In Chapter 10, "From the Inside Out," what aspect of Renaissance scholarship does Foster say the essay rebels against?

5. In Chapter 12, "Life from the Inside," Foster discusses primary and secondary sources. Which of the following would be a secondary source about World War Two?

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