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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," Foster says that an author of a history about long-ago events is not really so much a reporter as a what?
(a) Poet.
(b) Artist.
(c) Compiler.
(d) Critic.

2. In Chapter 3, "The Power of the Prologue," Foster mentions a "squib." What is a squib, in this context?
(a) A short, satirical piece of writing.
(b) A miniature explosive device.
(c) A non-magical person born to wizards.
(d) The misfire of a gun due to insufficient force.

3. In Chapter 2, "The Ecology of the Nonfiction Biosphere," what does Foster say is true of the sports section?
(a) It contains every type of writing found in a newspaper.
(b) Its box scores are an example of soft news.
(c) It excludes features.
(d) It contains primarily editorial columns.

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

5. In Chapter 9, "Living the News," which work does Foster say is likely the first example of New Journalism?
(a) The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test.
(b) The Armies of the Night.
(c) In Cold Blood.
(d) Hell's Angels.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. In Chapter 8, "Bringing the News," Foster describes the Larry Nassar scandal as an illustration of what?

3. In Chapter 8, "Bringing the News," what reason does Foster give for journalists generally being proved correct despite public mistrust?

4. In Chapter 10, "From the Inside Out," says that political cartoons and punditry are examples of what type of nonfiction?

5. In Chapter 5, "It May Just Be Me, But..." what does Foster say is usually the difference between quoted anonymous sources and sources speaking "on background"?

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