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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 4, "The Parts You Don't Read," what is a piece of information that Foster says we can infer from the notes?
(a) Potential biases.
(b) The author's education.
(c) The intended audience.
(d) The author's purpose.

2. In Chapter 9, "Living the News," what does Foster say is responsible for Didion's characteristic style?
(a) Drugs.
(b) Gender.
(c) Education.
(d) Politics.

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

4. In Chapter 7, "All in How You Look at Things," Foster uses the Latin expression in media res. What does this expression mean?
(a) In narrative form.
(b) In strict chronological order.
(c) In the middle of things.
(d) In the form of a circle.

5. In Chapter 2, "The Ecology of the Nonfiction Biosphere," Foster notes that the expectation for a writer to be engaging does not apply to which types of writing?
(a) Political.
(b) Informational.
(c) Academic.
(d) Technical.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 3, "The Power of the Prologue," why is "foreward" spelled with an "e" instead of as we usually see it, "forward"?

2. In Chapter 8, "Bringing the News," one of the main points that Foster wants to make about All the President's Men is that it is a kind of writing he calls what?

3. In Chapter 3, "The Power of the Prologue," what does Foster say distinguishes the prologue from a preface?

4. What definition of "lede" does Foster give In Chapter 2, "The Ecology of the Nonfiction Biosphere"?

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

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