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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 10, "From the Inside Out," what type of nonfiction writing does Foster refer to as "soggy" (141), and "soul-deadening" (142)?
(a) The five-paragraph academic essay.
(b) The philosophical essay.
(c) The essays of the Enlightenment.
(d) The political essay.

2. In Chapter 8, "Bringing the News," Foster makes the point that during the Nassar scandal, the Lansing State Journal did what?
(a) Covered the breaking news and then allowed local magazines to take over coverage.
(b) Initially helped Michigan State University cover up the story but later pivoted to full coverage.
(c) Covered the scandal primarily as a sports story.
(d) Devoted its resources fully to the story and stuck with it over a long period of time.

3. In Chapter 13, "On the Stump," Foster says that the chief aim of Fire and Fury is to demonstrate what?
(a) That the Trump White House was dysfunctional at all levels.
(b) That Trump was a petty tyrant.
(c) That Trump's White House was not as transparent as publicly claimed.
(d) That Trump was unable to control his staff.

4. In Chapter 13, "On the Stump," Foster says that the outsider exposé has what advantage over the insider exposé?
(a) Accuracy.
(b) Immediacy.
(c) Perspective.
(d) Objectivity.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 11, "Life from the Inside," what does Foster call works that people write about their own experiences with illness and dying?

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

3. In Chapter 5, "It May Just Be Me, But..." what does Foster say about offering a source the chance to correct themselves if they claim that they misspoke?

4. In Chapter 13, "On the Stump," Foster alludes to Peyton Place because he is implying that Fire and Fury is essentially what?

5. In "Interrogating the Text," what does Foster say most authors will do?

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