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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 3: Chapter 9, "Living the News" through Chapter 12, "That Is So Last Year".

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. In Chapter 9, "Living the News," which author does Foster say is at the opposite "pole" of New Journalism from Hunter S. Thompson?
(a) Tom Wolfe.
(b) Raoul Duke.
(c) Truman Capote.
(d) Joan Didion.

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

4. In Chapter 12, "Life from the Inside," why does Foster think Ambrose chose Merriwether Lewis's perspective for his history Undaunted Courage?
(a) It was Lewis that President Lincoln asked to undertake the journey.
(b) Lewis is a more interesting figure.
(c) Many histories have already covered William Clark's perspective.
(d) There are more primary sources about Lewis.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. According to Foster in Chapter 9, "Living the News," what is McPhee's purpose in comparing geological change over time to a road trip?

2. In Chapter 9, "Living the News," how does Foster apply the idea of "free indirect speech" to New Journalism?

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

4. 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?

5. In Chapter 10, "From the Inside Out," why does Foster not capitalize the name of bell hooks?

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