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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 6, "Source Code," what type of writing does Foster say relies heavily on eyewitness testimony?
(a) History.
(b) Op-eds.
(c) Journalism.
(d) Science.
2. According to "The Building Blocks of Arguments," what is the only form of nonfiction that is not argumentative?
(a) Technical reports.
(b) User manuals.
(c) History.
(d) Reportage.
3. In Chapter 14, "The Universe of Ideas/Ideas of the Universe," what does Foster call critical reading?
(a) Nonfiction evaluation.
(b) Nonfiction analysis.
(c) Scientific reading.
(d) Defensive reading.
4. According to Foster in Chapter 15, "Reading Internet Sources," what two errors in thinking prevent people from embracing gatekeeping?
(a) They believe that all barriers are bad and that all people are good.
(b) They believe that all gatekeepers are elitist and that all voices should be represented.
(c) They believe that all nonfiction is accurate and that all critics are misguided cynics.
(d) They believe that all writers are honest and that all editors are dishonest.
5. 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) Exposé.
(b) Reportage.
(c) Investigative journalism.
(d) Meta-journalism.
Short Answer Questions
1. In "Interrogating the Text," where does Foster say the "three questions" originate?
2. In Chapter 7, "All in How You Look at Things," Foster uses the Latin expression in media res. What does this expression mean?
3. In Chapter 16, "Social (Media) Disease," Foster calls online social connections a "vector" (267). The logical extension of this analogy is that the ideas people share on social media are what?
4. In Chapter 10, "From the Inside Out," what important characteristic of the essay does Foster point out?
5. In Chapter 17, "The Criminal Element," what harm does Foster accuse Andrew Wakefield of creating?
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