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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 10, "From the Inside Out," what aspect of Renaissance scholarship does Foster say the essay rebels against?
(a) The importance of institutional authority.
(b) The veneration of classical Greece and Rome.
(c) Respect for accurate history.
(d) Obedience to the Christian God.

2. According to "The Building Blocks of Arguments," what purpose do warrants serve?
(a) Warrants explain counterclaims.
(b) Warrants provide evidence.
(c) Warrants are like conclusions.
(d) Warrants link claims and grounds.

3. In Chapter 7, "All in How You Look at Things," what does Foster say is the purpose of the academic five-paragraph essay?
(a) It teaches students to organize their thoughts.
(b) It is a flexible and useful format for anything a student might need to write about.
(c) It is the preferred format for professional writing.
(d) It is the most that students are capable of before college.

4. In Chapter 2, "The Ecology of the Nonfiction Biosphere," Foster calls an expression a "bromide." What is he saying about this expression?
(a) It is boring and mean-spirited.
(b) It is insightful but wordy.
(c) It is clever and concise.
(d) It is unoriginal and unimportant.

5. In Chapter 8, "Bringing the News," Foster says that All the President's Men is sui generis. He is saying that this book is what?
(a) Unique.
(b) Challenging.
(c) Revealing.
(d) Uplifting.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 2, "The Ecology of the Nonfiction Biosphere," what does Foster say is the point of having a variety of media sources?

2. In Chapter 10, "From the Inside Out," which claim does Foster make about thesis statements?

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

4. In Chapter 4, "The Parts You Don't Read," what part of a text does Foster say is "under-read"? (39).

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

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