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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 6, "Source Code,"what does Foster say about researching primary sources on microfiche?
(a) It's too much work.
(b) Microfiche is obsolete and has already been supplanted by digital sources.
(c) It may be tedious, but it's worth the effort.
(d) Microfiche is an unreliable medium.

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

3. In Chapter 8, "Bringing the News," Foster says that All the President's Men is sui generis. He is saying that this book is what?
(a) Challenging.
(b) Uplifting.
(c) Unique.
(d) Revealing.

4. In Chapter 7, "All in How You Look at Things," Foster discusses Pollan's How to Change Your Mind as an example of what?
(a) Why self-help books can use many non-chronological structures.
(b) Science writing that does not use chronological order.
(c) Why self-help books are better off using a chronological structure.
(d) Science writing that begins in media res.

5. In Chapter 8, "Bringing the News," Foster maintains that types of newspaper writing like advice columns and human interest stories exist for what reason?
(a) Because readers can not live without them.
(b) Because they are traditional.
(c) To fill up space not needed for daily news.
(d) To sell newspaper advertising.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 6, "Source Code," what does Foster say is an advantage of using data as evidence?

2. In Chapter 2, "The Ecology of the Nonfiction Biosphere," what problem does Foster say can arise if readers do not understand the forms of writing?

3. In Chapter 2, "The Ecology of the Nonfiction Biosphere," what does Foster say is the point of having a variety of media sources?

4. In Chapter 5, "It May Just Be Me, But..." Foster says that a source's quote can be "emended" (55). What happens to an emended quote?

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

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