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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 4: Chapter 13,"On the Stump" through Chapter 15, "Reading Internet Sources".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Chapter 6, "Source Code," what does Foster say about the proliferation of online sources?
(a) They are often carefully sourced.
(b) They make everything seem like nonsense.
(c) They offer marginalized voices a chance to be heard.
(d) They democratize media.

2. In Chapter 14, "The Universe of Ideas/Ideas of the Universe," what are two reasons Foster points to for disbelief in science?
(a) Skepticism and cynicism.
(b) Religion and economic interests.
(c) Social media and poor science writing.
(d) Ignorance and stubbornness.

3. In Chapter 9, "Living the News," Foster calls Fear and Loathing a roman à clef. What is he saying about this book?
(a) It is a work of fiction that parodies a work of journalism.
(b) It is a book of nonfiction thinly disguised as fiction.
(c) It is an autobiographical book about journalism.
(d) It is a work that translates a novel in another language into English.

4. In Chapter 10, "From the Inside Out," which claim does Foster make about thesis statements?
(a) No one can truly come up with a "unique" thesis.
(b) It does not need to limit the content of the essay.
(c) A thesis can be placed anywhere in an essay.
(d) An implied thesis is more sophisticated than a directly stated thesis.

5. In Chapter 5, "It May Just Be Me, But..." what does Foster say about disclaimers like "I don't dislike soccer" (52)?
(a) That it probably means the speaker actually does dislike soccer.
(b) That double negatives are generally used to disguise a lie.
(c) That this kind of phrasing often introduces counterclaims.
(d) That it is good when authors clarify what ground is "neutral" to them.

Short Answer Questions

1. Based on Chapter 14, "The Universe of Ideas/Ideas of the Universe," what would Foster call a journalist writing about a biologist and her discoveries?

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

3. In "Interrogating the Text," Foster says that source material should be "apt." He means that source material should be what?

4. In Chapter 13, "On the Stump," what does Foster say that Wolff mostly wrote about before writing Fire and Fury?

5. In Chapter 5, "It May Just Be Me, But..." what kind of person does Foster say is likely to be biased?

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