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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 13, "On the Stump," what does Foster say that Wolff mostly wrote about before writing Fire and Fury?
(a) Celebrities.
(b) History.
(c) Travel.
(d) Food.

2. 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?
(a) Critic.
(b) Poet.
(c) Compiler.
(d) Artist.

3. In Chapter 9, "Living the News," what historical era does Foster tie New Journalism to?
(a) The counterculture movement of the 1960's.
(b) World War Two.
(c) The Great Depression.
(d) The "Reagan Revolution" of the 1980's.

4. 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?
(a) Unique.
(b) Uplifting.
(c) Challenging.
(d) Revealing.

5. In Chapter 5, "It May Just Be Me, But..." what kind of person does Foster say is likely to be biased?
(a) Older people.
(b) Republicans.
(c) Uneducated people.
(d) Everyone.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 7, "All in How You Look at Things," what does Foster say the term "Fake News" originally referred to?

2. In Chapter 9, "Living the News," which work does Foster say is likely the first example of New Journalism?

3. Based on Chapter 14, "The Universe of Ideas/Ideas of the Universe," what would Foster call a neuroscientist reporting on and analyzing recent developments in neuroscience?

4. In Chapter 12, "Life from the Inside," what advantage does Foster say elapsed time gives to historical accounts?

5. In Chapter 11, "Life from the Inside," what does Foster call the "most famous" African American autobiography (171)?

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