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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 5: Chapter 16, "Social (Media) Disease" through "Conclusion".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Chapter 14, "The Universe of Ideas/Ideas of the Universe," what criticism does Foster level against Malcolm Gladwell?
(a) That he does not try to engage the reader.
(b) That he does not examine data critically enough.
(c) That he offers so much data it can be difficult to follow his arguments.
(d) That he tries to write outside of his own field.

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

3. In Chapter 2, "The Ecology of the Nonfiction Biosphere," Foster calls an expression a "bromide." What is he saying about this expression?
(a) It is clever and concise.
(b) It is unoriginal and unimportant.
(c) It is insightful but wordy.
(d) It is boring and mean-spirited.

4. According to Chapter 17, "The Criminal Element," what fraud did Clifford Irving commit?
(a) Forged hundreds of letters that were supposedly from famous authors.
(b) Wrote a fake autobiography of Howard Hughes.
(c) Wrote news articles based on fake evidence.
(d) Passed off a fictional work as his own autobiography.

5. In Chapter 15, "Reading Internet Sources," what does Foster say a subreddit is?
(a) An older form of crowd-sourced encyclopedia.
(b) A clearinghouse for memes.
(c) A disguised criticism of another post.
(d) A discussion board for a specific topic.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 13, "On the Stump," Foster says that a look at social media reveals what about Americans of all political persuasions?

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

3. In Chapter 7, "All in How You Look at Things," what is the purpose of Foster's discussion of structure in Coming into the Country?

4. In Chapter 8, "Bringing the News," Foster maintains that types of newspaper writing like advice columns and human interest stories exist for what reason?

5. In Chapter 15, "Reading Internet Sources," what does Foster say the contemporary world lacks?

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