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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 does Foster say is usually the difference between quoted anonymous sources and sources speaking "on background"?
(a) The only difference is actually whether the information is quoted or paraphrased.
(b) Background sources tend to be highly-placed officials, while anonymous sources tend to be leakers.
(c) Quoted anonymous sources are more likely to be accurate than information obtained "on background."
(d) Reporters are not usually asked to verify information obtained in a quote, but they are supposed to double-check information given "on background."

2. In Chapter 5, "It May Just Be Me, But..." what kind of person does Foster say is likely to be biased?
(a) Everyone.
(b) Uneducated people.
(c) Older people.
(d) Republicans.

3. In Chapter 7, "All in How You Look at Things," what does Foster cite as one of the main reasons that Americans have historically trusted the news media?
(a) The strict editorial control of content.
(b) Journalists' willingness to admit bias.
(c) The tendency of editors to insist on multiple sources.
(d) Journalists' willingness to admit mistakes.

4. In Chapter 1, "The Structure of Nonfiction Information," what does Foster say is the purpose of the "four Ps?"
(a) To fill the reader in on important context.
(b) To establish the writer's credibility.
(c) To lay out the essentials of the work to follow.
(d) To explain the structural design of the work.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. The section of this book called "The Books in the Book" is what part of the book?

2. In Chapter 1, "The Structure of Nonfiction Information," what does Foster say the first job of the writer is, on page one?

3. In Chapter 1, "The Structure of Nonfiction Information," Foster introduces the term "structural design," saying that it is similar to which term related to fiction?

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

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