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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 3: Chapter 9, "Living the News" through Chapter 12, "That Is So Last Year".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Chapter 2, "The Ecology of the Nonfiction Biosphere," Foster notes that the expectation for a writer to be engaging does not apply to which types of writing?
(a) Informational.
(b) Academic.
(c) Political.
(d) Technical.

2. In Chapter 8, "Bringing the News," one of the main points that Foster wants to make about All the President's Men is what?
(a) Woodward and Bernstein used too many anonymous sources.
(b) All the President's Men is a work of nonfiction.
(c) It is unusual for people to write about themselves in the third person.
(d) Woodward and Bernstein faced serious obstacles in investigating the Watergate story.

3. In Chapter 2, "The Ecology of the Nonfiction Biosphere," what does Foster say is the point of having a variety of media sources?
(a) Depth of coverage.
(b) Time.
(c) Appealing to different readers.
(d) Accuracy.

4. In Chapter 7, "All in How You Look at Things," Foster discusses Pollan's How to Change Your Mind as an example of what?
(a) Science writing that begins in media res.
(b) Why self-help books can use many non-chronological structures.
(c) Science writing that does not use chronological order.
(d) Why self-help books are better off using a chronological structure.

5. In Chapter 6, "Source Code," Foster talks about the change in value over time of a reporter's eyewitness testimony. What does Foster call this change in value?
(a) The transfer of source validity.
(b) The economy of information.
(c) The decline of presence.
(d) The price of detail.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 11, "Life from the Inside," what form does Foster say takes its name from the French term for reminiscence?

2. In Chapter 10, "From the Inside Out," what type of nonfiction writing does Foster refer to as "soggy" (141), and "soul-deadening" (142)?

3. In Chapter 9, "Living the News," what does Foster say is the main difference between New Journalism and immersive journalism?

4. According to Chapter 8, "Bringing the News," at what level are most news stories written?

5. In Chapter 10, "From the Inside Out," which writer does Foster credit with originating the essay?

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