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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 12, "Life from the Inside," what advantage does Foster say elapsed time gives to historical accounts?
(a) Accuracy.
(b) Perspective.
(c) Objectivity.
(d) Immediacy.

2. In Chapter 11, "Life from the Inside," Foster points out that Ta-Nehisi Coates's Between the World and Me begins similarly to which other work?
(a) The Year of Magical Thinking.
(b) Apologia Pro Vita Sua.
(c) Dreams from My Father.
(d) The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin.

3. In Chapter 5, "It May Just Be Me, But..." what does Foster say about offering equal space and analysis to opposing arguments?
(a) It strikes the modern reader as dishonest.
(b) This is part of fair and balanced reporting.
(c) It is confusing to the reader.
(d) This can destroy a story.

4. 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?
(a) To demonstrate the limits of chronological structure.
(b) To show that cause and effect structure can be used for narrative.
(c) To demonstrate that theme is dependent on detail.
(d) To show how chronological structure can be adapted to a particular message.

5. In Chapter 2, "The Ecology of the Nonfiction Biosphere," where does Foster say editorial content can usually be found in the newspaper?
(a) The last page or pages of the front section.
(b) Throughout most sections.
(c) In its own section.
(d) At the very end of the last section.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. In Chapter 7, "All in How You Look at Things," what does Foster say beginning writers often get too caught up in?

4. In Chapter 12, "Life from the Inside," Foster says that an author of a history about long-ago events is not really so much a reporter as a what?

5. In Chapter 1, "The Structure of Nonfiction Information," what are the "four Ps" that Foster discusses?

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