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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. 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) Wilderness exploration.
(b) World War II.
(c) Watergate.
(d) The Trump White House.

2. In Chapter 2, "The Ecology of the Nonfiction Biosphere," what does Foster call the "second draft of history"?
(a) Newspaper articles.
(b) Editorial columns.
(c) Magazine stories.
(d) Textbooks.

3. In Chapter 6, "Source Code," what does Foster say about the proliferation of online sources?
(a) They offer marginalized voices a chance to be heard.
(b) They democratize media.
(c) They are often carefully sourced.
(d) They make everything seem like nonsense.

4. 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?
(a) Uplifting.
(b) Challenging.
(c) Unique.
(d) Revealing.

5. In Chapter 4, "The Parts You Don't Read," what advice does Foster give about the copyright page?
(a) When reading as a part of research, never leave this page without recording the information it contains.
(b) This information is just a legal notice and most readers should just ignore it.
(c) This page contains important information about where the author got pieces of information used in the text.
(d) This page is optional and readers should not expect to find it in every book.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 3, "The Power of the Prologue," Foster uses the word "etymologically" to describe what?

2. 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?

3. In Chapter 8, "Bringing the News," Foster describes the Larry Nassar scandal as an illustration of what?

4. In Chapter 8, "Bringing the News," one of the main points that Foster wants to make about All the President's Men is what?

5. In Chapter 6, "Source Code," what does Foster say is an advantage of using data as evidence?

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