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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. 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) Artists and professors.
(c) Politicians and musicians.
(d) Philosophers and scholars.

2. In Chapter 6, "Source Code," where does Foster suggest writers should gather information about historical figures?
(a) History books.
(b) Primary sources.
(c) Biographies.
(d) Newspaper archives.

3. In Chapter 7, "All in How You Look at Things," what does Foster say beginning writers often get too caught up in?
(a) Exposition.
(b) Dialogue.
(c) Narrative.
(d) Description.

4. In Chapter 10, "From the Inside Out," what important characteristic of the essay does Foster point out?
(a) It is more easily understood than other forms of nonfiction.
(b) It is highly adaptable.
(c) It teaches the reader to organize their thoughts.
(d) It is an ancient form of writing.

5. The section of this book called "The Books in the Book" is what part of the book?
(a) A preface.
(b) An appendix.
(c) A foreward.
(d) The introduction.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 2, "The Ecology of the Nonfiction Biosphere," what does Foster call the "second draft of history"?

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

3. In Chapter 5, "It May Just Be Me, But..." what does Foster say is usually the difference between quoted anonymous sources and sources speaking "on background"?

4. In Chapter 2, "The Ecology of the Nonfiction Biosphere," what implicit assertion about online writing does Foster make?

5. In Chapter 6, "Source Code,"what does Foster say about researching primary sources on microfiche?

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