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

2. In Chapter 14, "The Universe of Ideas/Ideas of the Universe," what does Foster call critical reading?
(a) Nonfiction analysis.
(b) Defensive reading.
(c) Nonfiction evaluation.
(d) Scientific reading.

3. In Chapter 8, "Bringing the News," one of the main points that Foster wants to make about All the President's Men is that it is a kind of writing he calls what?
(a) Meta-journalism.
(b) Investigative journalism.
(c) Reportage.
(d) Exposé.

4. According to Foster in Chapter 9, "Living the News," what is McPhee's purpose in comparing geological change over time to a road trip?
(a) He is using humor to engage his audience.
(b) He is constructing a warrant to link claim to grounds.
(c) He is trying to make something unfamiliar easier to understand.
(d) He is demonstrating how creative a nonfiction writer can be.

5. What is being discussed in Chapter 10, "From the Inside Out," when Foster says that the "form and tone of the essay must fit the writer like a suit" (144)?
(a) Characterization and personality.
(b) Conflict and theme.
(c) Subjectivity and attachment.
(d) Style and voice.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 12, "Life from the Inside," Foster discusses primary and secondary sources. Which of the following would be a secondary source about World War Two?

2. 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?

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

4. In Chapter 2, "The Ecology of the Nonfiction Biosphere," where does Foster say editorial content can usually be found in the newspaper?

5. In Chapter 4, "The Parts You Don't Read," what is a piece of information that Foster says we can infer from the notes?

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