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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 7, "All in How You Look at Things," Foster uses the Latin expression in media res. What does this expression mean?
(a) In the form of a circle.
(b) In narrative form.
(c) In the middle of things.
(d) In strict chronological order.

2. Whom does Foster name, in Chapter 11, "Life from the Inside," as the "inheritors" (164) of the legacy of Apologia Pro Vita Sua?
(a) Journalists and novelists.
(b) Politicians and musicians.
(c) Artists and professors.
(d) Philosophers and scholars.

3. In Chapter 8, "Bringing the News," Foster maintains that types of newspaper writing like advice columns and human interest stories exist for what reason?
(a) Because they are traditional.
(b) To sell newspaper advertising.
(c) To fill up space not needed for daily news.
(d) Because readers can not live without them.

4. In Chapter 7, "All in How You Look at Things," Foster says that which type of nonfiction is usually better off starting at the beginning chronologically?
(a) Biography.
(b) Philosophy.
(c) History.
(d) Reportage.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 11, "Life from the Inside," Foster points out that Ta-Nehisi Coates's Between the World and Me begins similarly to which other work?

2. In Chapter 6, "Source Code," where does Foster suggest writers should gather information about historical figures?

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

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 5, "It May Just Be Me, But..." what does Foster say about offering equal space and analysis to opposing arguments?

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