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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 2: Chapter 5, "It May Just Be Me, But..." through Chapter 8, "Bringing the News".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Chapter 5, "It May Just Be Me, But..." what does Foster say is usually the difference between quoted anonymous sources and sources speaking "on background"?
(a) Quoted anonymous sources are more likely to be accurate than information obtained "on background."
(b) Background sources tend to be highly-placed officials, while anonymous sources tend to be leakers.
(c) Reporters are not usually asked to verify information obtained in a quote, but they are supposed to double-check information given "on background."
(d) The only difference is actually whether the information is quoted or paraphrased.

2. In Chapter 4, "The Parts You Don't Read," what advice does Foster give about the copyright page?
(a) This page is optional and readers should not expect to find it in every book.
(b) When reading as a part of research, never leave this page without recording the information it contains.
(c) This page contains important information about where the author got pieces of information used in the text.
(d) This information is just a legal notice and most readers should just ignore it.

3. According to "The Building Blocks of Arguments," what is the only form of nonfiction that is not argumentative?
(a) Reportage.
(b) History.
(c) Technical reports.
(d) User manuals.

4. In Chapter 8, "Bringing the News," one of the main points that Foster wants to make about All the President's Men is that it is a kind of writing he calls what?
(a) Reportage.
(b) Investigative journalism.
(c) Exposé.
(d) Meta-journalism.

5. According to Chapter 8, "Bringing the News," at what level are most news stories written?
(a) The twelfth grade level.
(b) The fourth to sixth grade levels.
(c) The college sophomore level.
(d) The ninth to eleventh grade levels.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 4, "The Parts You Don't Read," what is a piece of information that Foster says we can infer from the notes?

2. In Chapter 3, "The Power of the Prologue," Foster uses the word "etymologically" to describe what?

3. In Chapter 7, "All in How You Look at Things," Foster tells us that changing the structure of a story changes its what?

4. In Chapter 2, "The Ecology of the Nonfiction Biosphere," how does Foster define "specialty journalism"?

5. The section of this book called "What's Going on Around Here?" is what part of the book?

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