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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. The section of this book called "The Books in the Book" is what part of the book?
(a) A preface.
(b) An appendix.
(c) A foreward.
(d) The introduction.

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

3. In Chapter 5, "It May Just Be Me, But..." what does Foster say about offering equal space and analysis to opposing arguments?
(a) This is part of fair and balanced reporting.
(b) It is confusing to the reader.
(c) This can destroy a story.
(d) It strikes the modern reader as dishonest.

4. In Chapter 7, "All in How You Look at Things," Foster uses the Latin expression in media res. What does this expression mean?
(a) In the form of a circle.
(b) In narrative form.
(c) In strict chronological order.
(d) In the middle of things.

5. 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 a flexible and useful format for anything a student might need to write about.
(c) It teaches students to organize their thoughts.
(d) It is the most that students are capable of before college.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 2, "The Ecology of the Nonfiction Biosphere," Foster notes that the expectation for a writer to be engaging does not apply to which types of writing?

2. Based on Chapter 2, "The Ecology of the Nonfiction Biosphere," how would Foster sum up the place of newspapers in today's world?

3. In Chapter 6, "Source Code," which is the only type of nonfiction that Foster says doesn't need "rock-solid" sources (69)?

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

5. According to "The Building Blocks of Arguments," what is the implicit argument of most nonfiction writing?

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