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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 1, "The Structure of Nonfiction Information," Foster introduces the term "structural design," saying that it is similar to which term related to fiction?
(a) Story plan.
(b) Narrative strategy.
(c) Plot structure.
(d) Storyboard.

2. In Chapter 7, "All in How You Look at Things," Foster tells us that changing the structure of a story changes its what?
(a) Genre.
(b) Topic.
(c) Length.
(d) Meaning.

3. According to Chapter 8, "Bringing the News," at what level are most news stories written?
(a) The twelfth grade level.
(b) The ninth to eleventh grade levels.
(c) The college sophomore level.
(d) The fourth to sixth grade levels.

4. In Chapter 6, "Source Code," what consequence does Foster say the rise of the internet has had?
(a) A lack of respect for, and recognition of, expertise.
(b) A new respect for minority opinions.
(c) A rise in people's awareness of current events.
(d) A decline in the average American's reading ability.

5. In Chapter 6, "Source Code,"what does Foster say about researching primary sources on microfiche?
(a) Microfiche is an unreliable medium.
(b) It's too much work.
(c) Microfiche is obsolete and has already been supplanted by digital sources.
(d) It may be tedious, but it's worth the effort.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 7, "All in How You Look at Things," what is the purpose of Foster's discussion of structure in Coming into the Country?

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

3. In Chapter 6, "Source Code," which is the only type of nonfiction that Foster says doesn't need "rock-solid" sources (69)?

4. In Chapter 9, "Living the News," how does Foster apply the idea of "free indirect speech" to New Journalism?

5. In Chapter 2, "The Ecology of the Nonfiction Biosphere," what problem does Foster say can arise if readers do not understand the forms of writing?

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