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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. What definition of "lede" does Foster give In Chapter 2, "The Ecology of the Nonfiction Biosphere"?
(a) A brief summary of or tease for the event described in an article.
(b) A counterclaim to the main argument.
(c) A short introductory piece of writing by an author who is not the author of the longer piece that follows.
(d) A news item that also contains opinion.

2. 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) Quoted anonymous sources are more likely to be accurate than information obtained "on background."
(b) The only difference is actually whether the information is quoted or paraphrased.
(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.

3. In Chapter 8, "Bringing the News," what reason does Foster give for journalists generally being proved correct despite public mistrust?
(a) Strategy.
(b) Intelligence.
(c) Stubbornness.
(d) Professionalism.

4. In Chapter 1, "The Structure of Nonfiction Information," what does Foster mean when he uses the word "dichotomy"?
(a) A narrative told in the order in which events really happened.
(b) Something relatively unknown.
(c) The study of social policy.
(d) A division between opposite things.

5. In Chapter 7, "All in How You Look at Things," Foster uses as examples two books that have the same subject matter--Fear, and Fire and Fury. What subject matter do these books have in common?
(a) World War II.
(b) The Trump White House.
(c) Wilderness exploration.
(d) Watergate.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 4, "The Parts You Don't Read," what advice does Foster give about the copyright page?

2. In Chapter 5, "It May Just Be Me, But..." what does Foster say is true about quotes attributed to anonymous sources?

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

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

5. In Chapter 1, "The Structure of Nonfiction Information," what does Foster say is the purpose of the "four Ps?"

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