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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 "The Building Blocks of Arguments," what purpose do warrants serve?
(a) Warrants explain counterclaims.
(b) Warrants link claims and grounds.
(c) Warrants are like conclusions.
(d) Warrants provide evidence.

2. In Chapter 2, "The Ecology of the Nonfiction Biosphere," Foster calls an expression a "bromide." What is he saying about this expression?
(a) It is unoriginal and unimportant.
(b) It is insightful but wordy.
(c) It is clever and concise.
(d) It is boring and mean-spirited.

3. 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) Quoted anonymous sources are more likely to be accurate than information obtained "on background."
(c) Reporters are not usually asked to verify information obtained in a quote, but they are supposed to double-check information given "on background."
(d) Background sources tend to be highly-placed officials, while anonymous sources tend to be leakers.

4. According to "The Building Blocks of Arguments," what are the "grounds" of a argument?
(a) Factual data and evidence.
(b) The conclusions that an argument is based on.
(c) Explanations of the relationship between facts and claims.
(d) The backing of a rebuttal or qualification.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. In Chapter 6, "Source Code," what type of writing does Foster say relies heavily on eyewitness testimony?

3. In Chapter 7, "All in How You Look at Things," what does Foster say beginning writers often get too caught up in?

4. In Chapter 5, "It May Just Be Me, But..." what kind of person does Foster say is likely to be biased?

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

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