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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 12, "Life from the Inside," what advantage does Foster say elapsed time gives to historical accounts?
(a) Objectivity.
(b) Immediacy.
(c) Perspective.
(d) Accuracy.
2. 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.
3. In Chapter 13, "On the Stump," what does Foster say that Wolff mostly wrote about before writing Fire and Fury?
(a) Travel.
(b) Food.
(c) Celebrities.
(d) History.
4. According to Foster in Chapter 9, "Living the News," what is McPhee's purpose in comparing geological change over time to a road trip?
(a) He is constructing a warrant to link claim to grounds.
(b) He is using humor to engage his audience.
(c) He is trying to make something unfamiliar easier to understand.
(d) He is demonstrating how creative a nonfiction writer can be.
5. In Chapter 7, "All in How You Look at Things," what does Foster say is the purpose of the academic five-paragraph essay?
(a) It is the preferred format for professional writing.
(b) It is the most that students are capable of before college.
(c) It teaches students to organize their thoughts.
(d) It is a flexible and useful format for anything a student might need to write about.
Short Answer Questions
1. In Chapter 7, "All in How You Look at Things," Foster uses as examples two books that have the same subject matter--Fear, and Fire and Fury. What subject matter do these books have in common?
2. In Chapter 6, "Source Code," what does Foster say is an advantage of using data as evidence?
3. In Chapter 12, "Life from the Inside," Foster discusses primary and secondary sources. Which of the following would be a secondary source about World War Two?
4. In Chapter 6, "Source Code,"what does Foster say about researching primary sources on microfiche?
5. In Chapter 9, "Living the News," how does Foster apply the idea of "free indirect speech" to New Journalism?
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