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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 kind of person does Foster say is likely to be biased?
(a) Everyone.
(b) Republicans.
(c) Uneducated people.
(d) Older people.

2. In Chapter 7, "All in How You Look at Things," what does Foster say the term "Fake News" originally referred to?
(a) Online sources of maliciously false news.
(b) News the reader dislikes.
(c) News that powerful politicians dislike.
(d) Tabloid content.

3. 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) Exposé.
(b) Reportage.
(c) Meta-journalism.
(d) Investigative journalism.

4. In Chapter 6, "Source Code," what does Foster say about the proliferation of online sources?
(a) They are often carefully sourced.
(b) They offer marginalized voices a chance to be heard.
(c) They democratize media.
(d) They make everything seem like nonsense.

5. 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?
(a) Philosophy.
(b) Reportage.
(c) History.
(d) Biography.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 2, "The Ecology of the Nonfiction Biosphere," Foster says that rules are determined by content, not codex. What does this mean?

2. Which form discussed in Chapter 3, "The Power of the Prologue," is generally not written by the author of the main piece of writing?

3. 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"?

4. In Chapter 5, "It May Just Be Me, But..." what does Foster say about offering a source the chance to correct themselves if they claim that they misspoke?

5. In Chapter 2, "The Ecology of the Nonfiction Biosphere," what does Foster say is true of the sports section?

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