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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 2: Chapter 5, "It May Just Be Me, But..." through Chapter 8, "Bringing the News".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Based on Chapter 2, "The Ecology of the Nonfiction Biosphere," how would Foster sum up the place of newspapers in today's world?
(a) Although they are losing popularity, they are still an essential form of news media.
(b) Because we have invested heavily in modern newspapers, they have grown in popularity.
(c) Print newspapers may be obsolete, but online newspapers serve the same purpose.
(d) In a connected world, newspapers are simply irrelevant.

2. In Chapter 8, "Bringing the News," one of the main points that Foster wants to make about All the President's Men is what?
(a) It is unusual for people to write about themselves in the third person.
(b) Woodward and Bernstein used too many anonymous sources.
(c) Woodward and Bernstein faced serious obstacles in investigating the Watergate story.
(d) All the President's Men is a work of nonfiction.

3. In Chapter 6, "Source Code," what does Foster call the "gold standard" of sources (63)?
(a) Professional expertise.
(b) Eyewitness testimony.
(c) Statistics.
(d) Expert sources.

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

5. In Chapter 7, "All in How You Look at Things," Foster makes what point about newspaper articles?
(a) They are often deviate from strict chronology in order to make a point.
(b) They often use a cause and effect structure.
(c) Almost all of them incorporate at least some cause and effect structure.
(d) Almost all of them are written in strict chronological order.

Short Answer Questions

1. 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?

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

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 2, "The Ecology of the Nonfiction Biosphere," where does Foster say editorial content can usually be found in the newspaper?

5. In Chapter 2, "The Ecology of the Nonfiction Biosphere," what does Foster call the rules governing different forms of nonfiction?

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