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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 "Interrogating the Text," Foster says that he himself tends to "eschew" notes. He is saying what about his use of notes?
(a) He does not use them.
(b) He tends to provide too many.
(c) He backs up his notes with a Works Cited section.
(d) His notes are sometimes disorganized.

2. In Chapter 15, "Reading Internet Sources," what does Foster call the "fatal flaw" of the internet?
(a) Too many editors.
(b) The cost of connecting to it.
(c) The hierarchy of gatekeepers.
(d) A lack of quality control.

3. In Chapter 9, "Living the News," what does Foster say is responsible for Didion's characteristic style?
(a) Gender.
(b) Politics.
(c) Drugs.
(d) Education.

4. In Chapter 8, "Bringing the News," one of the main points that Foster wants to make about All the President's Men is that it is a kind of writing he calls what?
(a) Reportage.
(b) Investigative journalism.
(c) Meta-journalism.
(d) Exposé.

5. In Chapter 11, "Life from the Inside," what does Foster call the "most famous" African American autobiography (171)?
(a) The Autobiography of Malcolm X.
(b) Dreams from My Father.
(c) Between the World and Me.
(d) Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. In Chapter 6, "Source Code," what type of writing does Foster say relies heavily on eyewitness testimony?

3. Using an argument like "Democrats just want to take your guns" in an address to a gun rights organization in a heavily Republican area would be an example of which flaw in argumentation?

4. In Chapter 7, "All in How You Look at Things," what does Foster say is the purpose of the academic five-paragraph essay?

5. In Chapter 15, "Reading Internet Sources," what does Foster say the main role of editors is?

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