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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 5: Chapter 16, "Social (Media) Disease" through "Conclusion".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Chapter 6, "Source Code," what type of writing does Foster say relies heavily on eyewitness testimony?
(a) Op-eds.
(b) History.
(c) Journalism.
(d) Science.

2. According to "The Building Blocks of Arguments," what are the "grounds" of a argument?
(a) The backing of a rebuttal or qualification.
(b) Factual data and evidence.
(c) Explanations of the relationship between facts and claims.
(d) The conclusions that an argument is based on.

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

4. In Chapter 11, "Life from the Inside," Foster points out that Ta-Nehisi Coates's Between the World and Me begins similarly to which other work?
(a) Dreams from My Father.
(b) The Year of Magical Thinking.
(c) Apologia Pro Vita Sua.
(d) The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin.

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 verified.
(b) It is withdrawn.
(c) It is updated.
(d) It is shortened.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. According to Chapter 17, "The Criminal Element," why did James Frey not market A Million Little Pieces as fiction?

3. In Chapter 15, "Reading Internet Sources," what does Foster say the main role of editors is?

4. In Chapter 16, "Social (Media) Disease," Foster says that hearings between social media executives and Congress are filled with "exasperation" and "bluster" (260). What is the mood of these meetings?

5. In Chapter 16, "Social (Media) Disease," what does Foster say is the reason social media encourages people to have wide networks of "friends"?

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