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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 5, "It May Just Be Me, But..." what kind of person does Foster say is likely to be biased?
(a) Older people.
(b) Everyone.
(c) Uneducated people.
(d) Republicans.

2. 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) Plot structure.
(b) Narrative strategy.
(c) Story plan.
(d) Storyboard.

3. In Chapter 11, "Life from the Inside," what does Foster call works that people write about their own experiences with illness and dying?
(a) Funeral autobiography.
(b) Survival autobiography.
(c) Misadventure memoir.
(d) Death memoir.

4. In Chapter 10, "From the Inside Out," what important characteristic of the essay does Foster point out?
(a) It is highly adaptable.
(b) It is an ancient form of writing.
(c) It is more easily understood than other forms of nonfiction.
(d) It teaches the reader to organize their thoughts.

5. In Chapter 9, "Living the News," which authors does Foster point out as not engaged in New Journalism?
(a) Mailer and Didion.
(b) Capote and Agee.
(c) Breslin and Talese.
(d) Woodward and Bernstein.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. In Chapter 6, "Source Code," which is the only type of nonfiction that Foster says doesn't need "rock-solid" sources (69)?

3. In Chapter 11, "Life from the Inside," what does Foster tell us begins Ben Franklin's autobiography?

4. In Chapter 12, "Life from the Inside," what advantage does Foster say contemporaneous accounts have?

5. In Chapter 2, "The Ecology of the Nonfiction Biosphere," what does Foster say is the difference between "hard news" and "soft news"?

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