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

2. 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) Skeptical readers.
(c) Snobbish readers.
(d) Well-informed readers.

3. In Chapter 1, "The Structure of Nonfiction Information," what does Foster mean when he uses the word "dichotomy"?
(a) The study of social policy.
(b) A narrative told in the order in which events really happened.
(c) A division between opposite things.
(d) Something relatively unknown.

4. In Chapter 7, "All in How You Look at Things," what does Foster cite as one of the main reasons that Americans have historically trusted the news media?
(a) Journalists' willingness to admit bias.
(b) The tendency of editors to insist on multiple sources.
(c) Journalists' willingness to admit mistakes.
(d) The strict editorial control of content.

5. 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?
(a) Reportage.
(b) Philosophy.
(c) Biography.
(d) History.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 12, "Life from the Inside," what does Foster suggest that Ambrose loses by choosing to focus on Lewis?

2. In Chapter 4, "The Parts You Don't Read," what advice does Foster give about the copyright page?

3. In Chapter 3, "The Power of the Prologue," what does Foster give as the basic meaning of "preface," "prologue," and "foreward"?

4. In Chapter 12, "Life from the Inside," what advantage does Foster say contemporaneous accounts have?

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

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