View a FREE sample

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 6, "Source Code," which is the only type of nonfiction that Foster says doesn't need "rock-solid" sources (69)?
(a) Reportage.
(b) Biography.
(c) Memoir.
(d) Philosophy.

2. In Chapter 2, "The Ecology of the Nonfiction Biosphere," what does Foster call the rules governing different forms of nonfiction?
(a) Precepts.
(b) Syntax.
(c) Grammar.
(d) Laws.

3. In Chapter 7, "All in How You Look at Things," Foster makes what point about newspaper articles?
(a) Almost all of them incorporate at least some cause and effect structure.
(b) They are often deviate from strict chronology in order to make a point.
(c) They often use a cause and effect structure.
(d) Almost all of them are written in strict chronological order.

4. In Chapter 7, "All in How You Look at Things," what is the purpose of Foster's discussion of structure in Coming into the Country?
(a) To demonstrate the limits of chronological structure.
(b) To show that cause and effect structure can be used for narrative.
(c) To demonstrate that theme is dependent on detail.
(d) To show how chronological structure can be adapted to a particular message.

5. 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?
(a) Storyboard.
(b) Story plan.
(c) Plot structure.
(d) Narrative strategy.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 2, "The Ecology of the Nonfiction Biosphere," Foster calls a certain kind of reader the "cognoscenti." What kind of a reader is her referring to?

2. In Chapter 7, "All in How You Look at Things," Foster tells us that changing the structure of a story changes its what?

3. In Chapter 12, "Life from the Inside," Foster discusses primary and secondary sources. Which of the following would be a secondary source about World War Two?

4. According to Foster in Chapter 9, Annie Dillard's Pilgrim at Tinker Creek is an example of what type of nonfiction?

5. In Chapter 12, "Life from the Inside," why does Foster think Ambrose chose Merriwether Lewis's perspective for his history Undaunted Courage?

(see the answer key)

This section contains 410 words (approx. 2 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample