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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. Where, in Chapter 16, "Social (Media) Disease," does Foster say that botnets are housed?
(a) In servers in Russia and Ukraine.
(b) In apps installed by hardware manufacturers.
(c) In millions of unsuspecting users' computers worldwide.
(d) In social media corporations' servers.

2. According to Chapter 8, "Bringing the News," at what level are most news stories written?
(a) The ninth to eleventh grade levels.
(b) The fourth to sixth grade levels.
(c) The twelfth grade level.
(d) The college sophomore level.

3. In Chapter 4, "The Parts You Don't Read," what part of a text does Foster say is "under-read"? (39).
(a) Titles.
(b) Introductions.
(c) The index.
(d) The table of contents.

4. In Chapter 5, "It May Just Be Me, But..." what does Foster say is usually the difference between quoted anonymous sources and sources speaking "on background"?
(a) The only difference is actually whether the information is quoted or paraphrased.
(b) Reporters are not usually asked to verify information obtained in a quote, but they are supposed to double-check information given "on background."
(c) Quoted anonymous sources are more likely to be accurate than information obtained "on background."
(d) Background sources tend to be highly-placed officials, while anonymous sources tend to be leakers.

5. In Chapter 7, "All in How You Look at Things," what does Foster say beginning writers often get too caught up in?
(a) Exposition.
(b) Dialogue.
(c) Narrative.
(d) Description.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 12, "Life from the Inside," Foster calls Tom Brokaw's The Greatest Generation "pointillist" (179). What quality is he saying this book has?

2. In Chapter 16, "Social (Media) Disease," why does Foster say it is not important to discuss problems that are specific to only one social media platform?

3. In Chapter 11, "Life from the Inside," Foster points out that Ta-Nehisi Coates's Between the World and Me begins similarly to which other work?

4. In Chapter 2, "The Ecology of the Nonfiction Biosphere," what does Foster say is the difference between "hard news" and "soft news"?

5. In Chapter 12, "Life from the Inside," what advantage does Foster say elapsed time gives to historical accounts?

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