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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 "Interrogating the Text," Foster says that he himself tends to "eschew" notes. He is saying what about his use of notes?
(a) He backs up his notes with a Works Cited section.
(b) His notes are sometimes disorganized.
(c) He does not use them.
(d) He tends to provide too many.

2. 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) Apologia Pro Vita Sua.
(b) The Declaration of Independence.
(c) Essay Concerning Human Understanding.
(d) A Room of One's Own.

3. In Chapter 15, "Reading Internet Sources," what does Foster call the "fatal flaw" of the internet?
(a) The hierarchy of gatekeepers.
(b) The cost of connecting to it.
(c) A lack of quality control.
(d) Too many editors.

4. In Chapter 6, "Source Code," where does Foster suggest writers should gather information about historical figures?
(a) Primary sources.
(b) Biographies.
(c) Newspaper archives.
(d) History books.

5. In Chapter 6, "Source Code," what consequence does Foster say the rise of the internet has had?
(a) A rise in people's awareness of current events.
(b) A decline in the average American's reading ability.
(c) A lack of respect for, and recognition of, expertise.
(d) A new respect for minority opinions.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 9, "Living the News," how does Foster apply the idea of "free indirect speech" to New Journalism?

2. In Chapter 3, "The Power of the Prologue," Foster uses the word "etymologically" to describe what?

3. "Flu cases are 100% higher this year" is an example of what problematic use of data discussed by Foster in "Interrogating the Text"?

4. In Chapter 7, "All in How You Look at Things," Foster makes what point about newspaper articles?

5. In Chapter 7, "All in How You Look at Things," what does Foster cite as one of the main reasons that Americans have historically trusted the news media?

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