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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 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) Investigative journalism.
(c) Meta-journalism.
(d) Reportage.
2. In Chapter 7, "All in How You Look at Things," Foster tells us that changing the structure of a story changes its what?
(a) Genre.
(b) Length.
(c) Meaning.
(d) Topic.
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?
(a) To demonstrate the limits of chronological structure.
(b) To demonstrate that theme is dependent on detail.
(c) To show that cause and effect structure can be used for narrative.
(d) To show how chronological structure can be adapted to a particular message.
4. According to "The Building Blocks of Arguments," what is the implicit argument of most nonfiction writing?
(a) That the writer has the authority to write about the subject.
(b) That the subject matter is important enough to read about.
(c) That the writer's angle on the subject is the correct one.
(d) That the reader should change their beliefs or behavior.
5. In Chapter 10, "From the Inside Out," why does Foster not capitalize the name of bell hooks?
(a) It is a name she herself rejected.
(b) He is showing how little he values her work.
(c) He is respecting hooks's wishes.
(d) It is a pseudonym.
Short Answer Questions
1. In Chapter 16, "Social (Media) Disease," what criticism does Foster make about social media friend networks?
2. In Chapter 5, "It May Just Be Me, But..." what does Foster say is true about quotes attributed to anonymous sources?
3. In Chapter 5, "It May Just Be Me, But..." what does Foster say about offering equal space and analysis to opposing arguments?
4. In "Interrogating the Text," what does Foster say most authors will do?
5. In Chapter 10, "From the Inside Out," which claim does Foster make about thesis statements?
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