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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 does Foster say is an advantage of using data as evidence?
(a) The reader often isn't aware of whether the data is real or not.
(b) It is one of the only sources that people still believe in.
(c) It exists independent of our will and beliefs.
(d) It can be manipulated to make it say what the author wants it to say.
2. In Chapter 13, "On the Stump," Foster refers to White House staff as "denizens" (190). What is the best definition of this word in this context?
(a) Caretakers.
(b) Horrors.
(c) Children.
(d) Occupants.
3. In Chapter 3, "The Power of the Prologue," what does Foster give as the basic meaning of "preface," "prologue," and "foreward"?
(a) Leading.
(b) First word.
(c) Ahead of.
(d) In front.
4. The section of this book called "The Books in the Book" is what part of the book?
(a) A foreward.
(b) An appendix.
(c) The introduction.
(d) A preface.
5. In Chapter 14, "The Universe of Ideas/Ideas of the Universe," what does Foster call critical reading?
(a) Nonfiction analysis.
(b) Defensive reading.
(c) Scientific reading.
(d) Nonfiction evaluation.
Short Answer Questions
1. In Chapter 14, "The Universe of Ideas/Ideas of the Universe," what does Foster seem to admire most about Neil deGrasse Tyson's writing?
2. In Chapter 12, "Life from the Inside," Foster says that an author of a history about long-ago events is not really so much a reporter as a what?
3. In Chapter 11, "Life from the Inside," what form does Foster say takes its name from the French term for reminiscence?
4. In Chapter 6, "Source Code," what does Foster say about the proliferation of online sources?
5. In "Interrogating the Text," Foster says that readers should beware of ad hominem arguments. What he means is that readers should be suspicious when writers do what?
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