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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 5: Chapter 16, "Social (Media) Disease" through "Conclusion".
Multiple Choice Questions
1. In "Interrogating the Text," Foster says that source material should be "apt." He means that source material should be what?
(a) Authoritative.
(b) Logically related to the arguments being advanced.
(c) Clearly attributed.
(d) Contextualized through editorial comments.
2. In Chapter 14, "The Universe of Ideas/Ideas of the Universe," what does Foster call critical reading?
(a) Nonfiction evaluation.
(b) Defensive reading.
(c) Scientific reading.
(d) Nonfiction analysis.
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 the middle of things.
(b) In strict chronological order.
(c) In the form of a circle.
(d) In narrative form.
4. In Chapter 11, "Life from the Inside," what does Foster call works that people write about their own experiences with illness and dying?
(a) Survival autobiography.
(b) Funeral autobiography.
(c) Misadventure memoir.
(d) Death memoir.
5. In Chapter 12, "Life from the Inside," what advantage does Foster say elapsed time gives to historical accounts?
(a) Perspective.
(b) Immediacy.
(c) Accuracy.
(d) Objectivity.
Short Answer Questions
1. In Chapter 15, "Reading Internet Sources," Foster cites Wikipedia as the source of his information about the development of the internet. What might we reasonably call his use of Wikipedia as a source?
2. In Chapter 9, "Living the News," which authors does Foster point out as not engaged in New Journalism?
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?
4. In Chapter 12, "Life from the Inside," Foster says that an author of a history about long-ago events is not really so much a reporter as a what?
5. In Chapter 7, "All in How You Look at Things," Foster discusses Pollan's How to Change Your Mind as an example of what?
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