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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 15, "Reading Internet Sources," what does Foster say the main role of editors is?
(a) Critical thinking.
(b) Protecting the interests of media owners.
(c) Proofreading.
(d) Protecting the interests of the public.
2. In Chapter 15, "Reading Internet Sources," what does Foster say a subreddit is?
(a) A clearinghouse for memes.
(b) A disguised criticism of another post.
(c) A discussion board for a specific topic.
(d) An older form of crowd-sourced encyclopedia.
3. In Chapter 2, "The Ecology of the Nonfiction Biosphere," what does Foster say is the point of having a variety of media sources?
(a) Time.
(b) Appealing to different readers.
(c) Depth of coverage.
(d) Accuracy.
4. In Chapter 17, "The Criminal Element," Foster refers to a work as a "pastiche" (281). What is he saying about this text?
(a) It consists of bits and pieces borrowed from other sources.
(b) Its primary purpose is to mock an earlier text.
(c) It is the first section of a planned trilogy of works.
(d) It is nonfiction thinly disguised as fiction.
5. According to Chapter 17, "The Criminal Element," what fraud did Clifford Irving commit?
(a) Wrote news articles based on fake evidence.
(b) Passed off a fictional work as his own autobiography.
(c) Wrote a fake autobiography of Howard Hughes.
(d) Forged hundreds of letters that were supposedly from famous authors.
Short Answer Questions
1. In Chapter 7, "All in How You Look at Things," Foster says that which type of nonfiction is usually better off starting at the beginning chronologically?
2. In Chapter 4, "The Parts You Don't Read," what is a piece of information that Foster says we can infer from the notes?
3. In Chapter 15, "Reading Internet Sources," what does Foster say leads to better thinking?
4. In Chapter 5, "It May Just Be Me, But..." what kind of person does Foster say is likely to be biased?
5. Where, according to Chapter 16, "Social (Media) Disease," did the viral story about Pope Francis endorsing Donald Trump come from?
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