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

2. 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"?
(a) The only difference is actually whether the information is quoted or paraphrased.
(b) Reporters are not usually asked to verify information obtained in a quote, but they are supposed to double-check information given "on background."
(c) Background sources tend to be highly-placed officials, while anonymous sources tend to be leakers.
(d) Quoted anonymous sources are more likely to be accurate than information obtained "on background."

3. According to "The Building Blocks of Arguments," what are the "grounds" of a argument?
(a) The backing of a rebuttal or qualification.
(b) Explanations of the relationship between facts and claims.
(c) Factual data and evidence.
(d) The conclusions that an argument is based on.

4. In Chapter 2, "The Ecology of the Nonfiction Biosphere," Foster calls a certain kind of reader the "cognoscenti." What kind of a reader is her referring to?
(a) Young readers.
(b) Well-informed readers.
(c) Snobbish readers.
(d) Skeptical readers.

5. In Chapter 9, "Living the News," which work does Foster say is likely the first example of New Journalism?
(a) The Armies of the Night.
(b) The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test.
(c) In Cold Blood.
(d) Hell's Angels.

Short Answer Questions

1. 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?

2. In Chapter 10, "From the Inside Out," says that political cartoons and punditry are examples of what type of nonfiction?

3. In Chapter 11, "Life from the Inside," Foster discusses the use of parallelism. He is discussing what technique?

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

5. In Chapter 1, "The Structure of Nonfiction Information," Foster introduces the term "structural design," saying that it is similar to which term related to fiction?

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