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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. In Chapter 5, "It May Just Be Me, But..." what does Foster say about offering a source the chance to correct themselves if they claim that they misspoke?
(a) This in unethical.
(b) This can make a story stronger.
(c) This creates inaccuracies.
(d) This is part of the fair treatment of sources.

2. In Chapter 7, "All in How You Look at Things," Foster tells us that changing the structure of a story changes its what?
(a) Topic.
(b) Length.
(c) Genre.
(d) Meaning.

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

4. In "Interrogating the Text," Foster says that readers should beware of ad hominem arguments. What he means is that readers should be suspicious when writers do what?
(a) Appeal to emotion rather than to logic.
(b) Contend that because something is new it must be better or more correct.
(c) Attack the people making arguments instead of the arguments themselves.
(d) Portray the opposition argument as much weaker than it actually is.

5. In Chapter 5, "It May Just Be Me, But..." Foster says that a source's quote can be "emended" (55). What happens to an emended quote?
(a) It is updated.
(b) It is withdrawn.
(c) It is verified.
(d) It is shortened.

Short Answer Questions

1. Based on Chapter 14, "The Universe of Ideas/Ideas of the Universe," what would Foster call a journalist writing about a biologist and her discoveries?

2. In Chapter 7, "All in How You Look at Things," what does Foster say is the purpose of the academic five-paragraph essay?

3. In Chapter 15, "Reading Internet Sources," what does Foster say a subreddit is?

4. In Chapter 15, "Reading Internet Sources," Foster cites Wikipedia as the source of his information about the development of the internet. What might we reasonably call his use of Wikipedia as a source?

5. In "Interrogating the Text," Foster says that he himself tends to "eschew" notes. He is saying what about his use of notes?

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