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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. According to "The Building Blocks of Arguments," what is the only form of nonfiction that is not argumentative?
(a) Reportage.
(b) User manuals.
(c) History.
(d) Technical reports.

2. 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) Challenging.
(b) Uplifting.
(c) Revealing.
(d) Unique.

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 is confusing to the reader.
(b) This can destroy a story.
(c) This is part of fair and balanced reporting.
(d) It strikes the modern reader as dishonest.

4. In Chapter 1, "The Structure of Nonfiction Information," what does Foster say the first job of the writer is, on page one?
(a) To get the reader to page two.
(b) To tell the truth.
(c) To be clear and concise.
(d) To create a personal bond with the reader.

5. 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) Woodward and Bernstein used too many anonymous sources.
(b) All the President's Men is a work of nonfiction.
(c) It is unusual for people to write about themselves in the third person.
(d) Woodward and Bernstein faced serious obstacles in investigating the Watergate story.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 7, "All in How You Look at Things," Whome does Foster say is "our greatest living thinker about writing nonfiction" (81)?

2. 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?

3. What definition of "lede" does Foster give In Chapter 2, "The Ecology of the Nonfiction Biosphere"?

4. In Chapter 6, "Source Code,"what does Foster say about researching primary sources on microfiche?

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?

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