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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 5, "It May Just Be Me, But..." what does Foster say is usually the difference between quoted anonymous sources and sources speaking "on background"?
(a) Reporters are not usually asked to verify information obtained in a quote, but they are supposed to double-check information given "on background."
(b) Quoted anonymous sources are more likely to be accurate than information obtained "on background."
(c) The only difference is actually whether the information is quoted or paraphrased.
(d) Background sources tend to be highly-placed officials, while anonymous sources tend to be leakers.

2. The section of this book called "What's Going on Around Here?" is what part of the book?
(a) A foreward.
(b) An appendix.
(c) The introduction.
(d) A preface.

3. In Chapter 1, "The Structure of Nonfiction Information," what are the "four Ps" that Foster discusses?
(a) Purpose, paraphrase, platform, and paragraph.
(b) Purpose, proposal, program, and plan.
(c) Problem, promise, program, and platform.
(d) Problem, proposal, program, and plan.

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

5. In Chapter 2, "The Ecology of the Nonfiction Biosphere," Foster calls a certain kind of reader the "cognoscenti." What kind of a reader is her referring to?
(a) Well-informed readers.
(b) Snobbish readers.
(c) Skeptical readers.
(d) Young readers.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. According to "The Building Blocks of Arguments," what purpose do warrants serve?

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

4. In Chapter 6, "Source Code," what type of writing does Foster say relies heavily on eyewitness testimony?

5. In Chapter 8, "Bringing the News," Foster makes the point that during the Nassar scandal, the Lansing State Journal did what?

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