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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 10, "From the Inside Out," what document does Foster call the "ultimate political expression of [the] Enlightenment insistence on the individual" (146)?
(a) The Declaration of Independence.
(b) A Room of One's Own.
(c) Essay Concerning Human Understanding.
(d) Apologia Pro Vita Sua.

2. 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 is part of the fair treatment of sources.
(b) This in unethical.
(c) This creates inaccuracies.
(d) This can make a story stronger.

3. In Chapter 12, "Life from the Inside," Foster calls Tom Brokaw's The Greatest Generation "pointillist" (179). What quality is he saying this book has?
(a) A focus on individual voices at the expense of institutional perspective.
(b) A focus on the "big picture" at the expense of fine detail.
(c) A focus on detail at the expense of continuity.
(d) A focus on immediacy at the expense of long-term perspective.

4. In Chapter 6, "Source Code," which is the only type of nonfiction that Foster says doesn't need "rock-solid" sources (69)?
(a) Biography.
(b) Memoir.
(c) Reportage.
(d) Philosophy.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 14, "The Universe of Ideas/Ideas of the Universe," what does Foster call critical reading?

2. In Chapter 12, "Life from the Inside," what advantage does Foster say elapsed time gives to historical accounts?

3. In Chapter 13, "On the Stump," what criticism does Foster level at Comey's book A Higher Loyalty?

4. In Chapter 4, "The Parts You Don't Read," what part of a text does Foster say is "under-read"? (39).

5. In Chapter 2, "The Ecology of the Nonfiction Biosphere," what does Foster say is the point of having a variety of media sources?

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