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

2. In Chapter 10, "From the Inside Out," says that political cartoons and punditry are examples of what type of nonfiction?
(a) Op-ed.
(b) Opinion.
(c) News features.
(d) Immersive journalism.

3. In Chapter 7, "All in How You Look at Things," Foster tells us that changing the structure of a story changes its what?
(a) Topic.
(b) Genre.
(c) Length.
(d) Meaning.

4. In Chapter 9, "Living the News," which authors does Foster point out as not engaged in New Journalism?
(a) Mailer and Didion.
(b) Woodward and Bernstein.
(c) Breslin and Talese.
(d) Capote and Agee.

5. 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.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. In Chapter 5, "It May Just Be Me, But..." Foster says that a source's quote can be "emended" (55). What happens to an emended quote?

4. In Chapter 11, "Life from the Inside," what does Foster tell us begins Ben Franklin's autobiography?

5. 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?

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