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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 6, "Source Code," where does Foster suggest writers should gather information about historical figures?
(a) Biographies.
(b) Primary sources.
(c) History books.
(d) Newspaper archives.

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?
(a) The economy of information.
(b) The transfer of source validity.
(c) The decline of presence.
(d) The price of detail.

3. In Chapter 7, "All in How You Look at Things," Foster uses the Latin expression in media res. What does this expression mean?
(a) In strict chronological order.
(b) In the middle of things.
(c) In the form of a circle.
(d) In narrative form.

4. 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 page is optional and readers should not expect to find it in every book.
(c) This information is just a legal notice and most readers should just ignore it.
(d) This page contains important information about where the author got pieces of information used in the text.

5. In Chapter 5, "It May Just Be Me, But..." Foster says that a source's quote can be "emended" (55). What happens to an emended quote?
(a) It is withdrawn.
(b) It is shortened.
(c) It is updated.
(d) It is verified.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 5, "It May Just Be Me, But..." what does Foster say about disclaimers like "I don't dislike soccer" (52)?

2. In Chapter 3, "The Power of the Prologue," why is "foreward" spelled with an "e" instead of as we usually see it, "forward"?

3. In Chapter 7, "All in How You Look at Things," what does Foster say the term "Fake News" originally referred to?

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 7, "All in How You Look at Things," what does Foster say beginning writers often get too caught up in?

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