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

2. In Chapter 5, "It May Just Be Me, But..." what does Foster say about disclaimers like "I don't dislike soccer" (52)?
(a) That double negatives are generally used to disguise a lie.
(b) That this kind of phrasing often introduces counterclaims.
(c) That it probably means the speaker actually does dislike soccer.
(d) That it is good when authors clarify what ground is "neutral" to them.

3. In Chapter 12, "Life from the Inside," Foster calls Tom Brokaw's The Greatest Generation "pointillist" (179). What quality is he saying this book has?
(a) A focus on detail at the expense of continuity.
(b) A focus on immediacy at the expense of long-term perspective.
(c) A focus on the "big picture" at the expense of fine detail.
(d) A focus on individual voices at the expense of institutional perspective.

4. In Chapter 8, "Bringing the News," one of the main points that Foster wants to make about All the President's Men is what?
(a) Woodward and Bernstein used too many anonymous sources.
(b) All the President's Men is a work of nonfiction.
(c) It is unusual for people to write about themselves in the third person.
(d) Woodward and Bernstein faced serious obstacles in investigating the Watergate story.

5. In Chapter 13, "On the Stump," what criticism does Foster level at Comey's book A Higher Loyalty?
(a) The logic of two key passages is suspect.
(b) The use of hearsay.
(c) The attribution of sources.
(d) The omniscient narrative style.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 4, "The Parts You Don't Read," what advice does Foster give about the copyright page?

2. Where, according to Chapter 16, "Social (Media) Disease," did the viral story about Pope Francis endorsing Donald Trump come from?

3. In Chapter 16, "Social (Media) Disease," what criticism does Foster make about social media friend networks?

4. In Chapter 7, "All in How You Look at Things," what does Foster say the term "Fake News" originally referred to?

5. In Chapter 17, "The Criminal Element," Foster says that legislative "stasis" has resulted from bad-faith communication. What is the best definition of "stasis" in this context?

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