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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 12, "Life from the Inside," what does Foster suggest that Ambrose loses by choosing to focus on Lewis?
(a) Information about what happened after Lewis's death.
(b) A variety of perspectives.
(c) The reader's trust.
(d) The chance to engage a wider audience of readers.

2. In Chapter 7, "All in How You Look at Things," what does Foster say is the purpose of the academic five-paragraph essay?
(a) It is the most that students are capable of before college.
(b) It is the preferred format for professional writing.
(c) It teaches students to organize their thoughts.
(d) It is a flexible and useful format for anything a student might need to write about.

3. Using an argument like "Democrats just want to take your guns" in an address to a gun rights organization in a heavily Republican area would be an example of which flaw in argumentation?
(a) Glibness.
(b) Cherry-picking.
(c) Preaching to the choir.
(d) False analogy.

4. In Chapter 1, "The Structure of Nonfiction Information," what does Foster say the first job of the writer is, on page one?
(a) To get the reader to page two.
(b) To create a personal bond with the reader.
(c) To be clear and concise.
(d) To tell the truth.

5. In Chapter 8, "Bringing the News," one of the main points that Foster wants to make about All the President's Men is what?
(a) Woodward and Bernstein faced serious obstacles in investigating the Watergate story.
(b) It is unusual for people to write about themselves in the third person.
(c) All the President's Men is a work of nonfiction.
(d) Woodward and Bernstein used too many anonymous sources.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to "The Building Blocks of Arguments," what is the only form of nonfiction that is not argumentative?

2. In Chapter 5, "It May Just Be Me, But..." what kind of person does Foster say is likely to be biased?

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

4. In Chapter 2, "The Ecology of the Nonfiction Biosphere," how does Foster define "specialty journalism"?

5. Based on Chapter 2, "The Ecology of the Nonfiction Biosphere," how would Foster sum up the place of newspapers in today's world?

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