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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 4: Chapter 13,"On the Stump" through Chapter 15, "Reading Internet Sources".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The section of this book called "The Books in the Book" is what part of the book?
(a) A preface.
(b) An appendix.
(c) The introduction.
(d) A foreward.

2. In Chapter 14, "The Universe of Ideas/Ideas of the Universe," what does Foster seem to admire most about Neil deGrasse Tyson's writing?
(a) That he finds a way to communicate very abstract and unfamiliar ideas.
(b) That he confines he writing to easily understood concepts.
(c) That he is a witty and engaging writer.
(d) That he is one of the few scientists who can write about many fields of science.

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

4. 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 "Reagan Revolution" of the 1980's.
(c) The Great Depression.
(d) World War Two.

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

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. According to Chapter 4, "The Parts You Don't Read," what are the sidebar discussions found in the book's back matter called?

3. The section of this book called "What's Going on Around Here?" is what part of the book?

4. In Chapter 7, "All in How You Look at Things," Whome does Foster say is "our greatest living thinker about writing nonfiction" (81)?

5. In Chapter 15, "Reading Internet Sources," what does Foster say leads to better thinking?

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