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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. Which form discussed in Chapter 3, "The Power of the Prologue," is generally not written by the author of the main piece of writing?
(a) Preface.
(b) Prologue.
(c) Foreward.
(d) Introduction.

2. In Chapter 8, "Bringing the News," one of the main points that Foster wants to make about All the President's Men is that it is a kind of writing he calls what?
(a) Investigative journalism.
(b) Reportage.
(c) Exposé.
(d) Meta-journalism.

3. In Chapter 5, "It May Just Be Me, But..." what does Foster say is true about quotes attributed to anonymous sources?
(a) There are likely to be good reasons for the source to stay anonymous.
(b) These quotes are often made up.
(c) There is never a good reason to use a quote from an anonymous source.
(d) These quotes are often just the reporter's interpretation of a source's meaning.

4. What definition of "lede" does Foster give In Chapter 2, "The Ecology of the Nonfiction Biosphere"?
(a) A news item that also contains opinion.
(b) A brief summary of or tease for the event described in an article.
(c) A short introductory piece of writing by an author who is not the author of the longer piece that follows.
(d) A counterclaim to the main argument.

5. In Chapter 7, "All in How You Look at Things," Foster uses as examples two books that have the same subject matter--Fear, and Fire and Fury. What subject matter do these books have in common?
(a) The Trump White House.
(b) Watergate.
(c) World War II.
(d) Wilderness exploration.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 6, "Source Code," Foster talks about the change in value over time of a reporter's eyewitness testimony. What does Foster call this change in value?

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?

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

4. According to Chapter 8, "Bringing the News," at what level are most news stories written?

5. In Chapter 8, "Bringing the News," Foster says that All the President's Men is sui generis. He is saying that this book is what?

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