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

2. In Chapter 1, "The Structure of Nonfiction Information," what does Foster say is the purpose of the "four Ps?"
(a) To explain the structural design of the work.
(b) To establish the writer's credibility.
(c) To lay out the essentials of the work to follow.
(d) To fill the reader in on important context.

3. In Chapter 11, "Life from the Inside," what form does Foster say takes its name from the French term for reminiscence?
(a) Memoir.
(b) Biography.
(c) Autobiography.
(d) Confessions.

4. According to "The Building Blocks of Arguments," what is the implicit argument of most nonfiction writing?
(a) That the reader should change their beliefs or behavior.
(b) That the writer's angle on the subject is the correct one.
(c) That the writer has the authority to write about the subject.
(d) That the subject matter is important enough to read about.

5. 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 clever and concise.
(b) It is insightful but wordy.
(c) It is boring and mean-spirited.
(d) It is unoriginal and unimportant.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 6, "Source Code," what consequence does Foster say the rise of the internet has had?

2. 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?

3. In Chapter 2, "The Ecology of the Nonfiction Biosphere," what does Foster say is the difference between "hard news" and "soft news"?

4. In Chapter 12, "Life from the Inside," why does Foster think Ambrose chose Merriwether Lewis's perspective for his history Undaunted Courage?

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

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