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

2. In Chapter 9, "Living the News," what historical era does Foster tie New Journalism to?
(a) The counterculture movement of the 1960's.
(b) The Great Depression.
(c) The "Reagan Revolution" of the 1980's.
(d) World War Two.

3. According to Foster in Chapter 9, "Living the News," what is McPhee's purpose in comparing geological change over time to a road trip?
(a) He is using humor to engage his audience.
(b) He is demonstrating how creative a nonfiction writer can be.
(c) He is trying to make something unfamiliar easier to understand.
(d) He is constructing a warrant to link claim to grounds.

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

5. According to Chapter 8, "Bringing the News," at what level are most news stories written?
(a) The ninth to eleventh grade levels.
(b) The fourth to sixth grade levels.
(c) The twelfth grade level.
(d) The college sophomore level.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 7, "All in How You Look at Things," Foster makes what point about newspaper articles?

2. In Chapter 11, "Life from the Inside," what form does Foster say takes its name from the French term for reminiscence?

3. In Chapter 9, "Living the News," which authors does Foster point out as not engaged in New Journalism?

4. In Chapter 3, "The Power of the Prologue," Foster mentions a "squib." What is a squib, in this context?

5. In Chapter 10, "From the Inside Out," which writer does Foster credit with originating the essay?

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