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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 2, "The Ecology of the Nonfiction Biosphere," what does Foster call the rules governing different forms of nonfiction?
(a) Laws.
(b) Precepts.
(c) Grammar.
(d) Syntax.

2. 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 they are traditional.
(b) To sell newspaper advertising.
(c) To fill up space not needed for daily news.
(d) Because readers can not live without them.

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

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

5. 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 faced serious obstacles in investigating the Watergate story.
(b) Woodward and Bernstein used too many anonymous sources.
(c) All the President's Men is a work of nonfiction.
(d) It is unusual for people to write about themselves in the third person.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 5, "It May Just Be Me, But..." what does Foster say about disclaimers like "I don't dislike soccer" (52)?

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

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

4. In Chapter 3, "The Power of the Prologue," Foster mentions a "squib." What is a squib, in this context?

5. According to Chapter 4, "The Parts You Don't Read," what are the sidebar discussions found in the book's back matter called?

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