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

2. In Chapter 6, "Source Code," which is the only type of nonfiction that Foster says doesn't need "rock-solid" sources (69)?
(a) Memoir.
(b) Reportage.
(c) Philosophy.
(d) Biography.

3. 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.

4. In Chapter 6, "Source Code," Foster talks about the change in value over time of a reporter's eyewitness testimony. What does Foster call this change in value?
(a) The price of detail.
(b) The economy of information.
(c) The transfer of source validity.
(d) The decline of presence.

5. In Chapter 2, "The Ecology of the Nonfiction Biosphere," what does Foster call the "second draft of history"?
(a) Newspaper articles.
(b) Magazine stories.
(c) Textbooks.
(d) Editorial columns.

Short Answer Questions

1. What definition of "lede" does Foster give In Chapter 2, "The Ecology of the Nonfiction Biosphere"?

2. In Chapter 4, "The Parts You Don't Read," what part of a text does Foster say is "under-read"? (39).

3. In Chapter 5, "It May Just Be Me, But..." what does Foster say about offering equal space and analysis to opposing arguments?

4. According to "The Building Blocks of Arguments," what is the only form of nonfiction that is not argumentative?

5. In Chapter 2, "The Ecology of the Nonfiction Biosphere," what does Foster say is the difference between "hard news" and "soft news"?

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