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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," what does Foster say the term "Fake News" originally referred to?
(a) News the reader dislikes.
(b) Online sources of maliciously false news.
(c) News that powerful politicians dislike.
(d) Tabloid content.

2. In Chapter 3, "The Power of the Prologue," Foster mentions a "squib." What is a squib, in this context?
(a) The misfire of a gun due to insufficient force.
(b) A miniature explosive device.
(c) A non-magical person born to wizards.
(d) A short, satirical piece of writing.

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

4. In Chapter 8, "Bringing the News," what reason does Foster give for journalists generally being proved correct despite public mistrust?
(a) Intelligence.
(b) Stubbornness.
(c) Professionalism.
(d) Strategy.

5. In Chapter 2, "The Ecology of the Nonfiction Biosphere," what does Foster say is true of the sports section?
(a) It contains primarily editorial columns.
(b) It contains every type of writing found in a newspaper.
(c) Its box scores are an example of soft news.
(d) It excludes features.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 4, "The Parts You Don't Read," what is a piece of information that Foster says we can infer from the notes?

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 is the purpose of Foster's discussion of structure in Coming into the Country?

4. In Chapter 1, "The Structure of Nonfiction Information," what does Foster say is the purpose of the "four Ps?"

5. In Chapter 5, "It May Just Be Me, But..." what kind of person does Foster say is likely to be biased?

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