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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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) Conflict and theme.
(b) Subjectivity and attachment.
(c) Style and voice.
(d) Characterization and personality.

2. 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?
(a) The Year of Magical Thinking.
(b) Dreams from My Father.
(c) The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin.
(d) Apologia Pro Vita Sua.

3. In Chapter 9, "Living the News," which author does Foster say is at the opposite "pole" of New Journalism from Hunter S. Thompson?
(a) Truman Capote.
(b) Tom Wolfe.
(c) Joan Didion.
(d) Raoul Duke.

4. In Chapter 13, "On the Stump," Foster alludes to Peyton Place because he is implying that Fire and Fury is essentially what?
(a) A mediocre melodrama.
(b) A comic masterpiece.
(c) A thought-provoking fiction.
(d) A dry and academic piece of scholarship.

5. In Chapter 12, "Life from the Inside," Foster says that an author of a history about long-ago events is not really so much a reporter as a what?
(a) Poet.
(b) Critic.
(c) Artist.
(d) Compiler.

6. 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?
(a) A focus on individual voices at the expense of institutional perspective.
(b) A focus on immediacy at the expense of long-term perspective.
(c) A focus on detail at the expense of continuity.
(d) A focus on the "big picture" at the expense of fine detail.

7. In Chapter 14, "The Universe of Ideas/Ideas of the Universe," what does Foster say is true about contemporary America?
(a) There is not much great science writing going on in America today.
(b) Many Americans are antiscientific.
(c) Americans are educated to read science critically.
(d) America is the most scientifically advanced nation on earth.

8. 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 tries to write outside of his own field.
(d) That he offers so much data it can be difficult to follow his arguments.

9. In Chapter 15, "Reading Internet Sources," what does Foster call the "fatal flaw" of the internet?
(a) The hierarchy of gatekeepers.
(b) Too many editors.
(c) A lack of quality control.
(d) The cost of connecting to it.

10. In "Interrogating the Text," Foster says that source material should be "apt." He means that source material should be what?
(a) Contextualized through editorial comments.
(b) Clearly attributed.
(c) Authoritative.
(d) Logically related to the arguments being advanced.

11. Whom does Foster name, in Chapter 11, "Life from the Inside," as the "inheritors" (164) of the legacy of Apologia Pro Vita Sua?
(a) Artists and professors.
(b) Philosophers and scholars.
(c) Journalists and novelists.
(d) Politicians and musicians.

12. In Chapter 10, "From the Inside Out," says that political cartoons and punditry are examples of what type of nonfiction?
(a) Op-ed.
(b) Immersive journalism.
(c) Opinion.
(d) News features.

13. In Chapter 9, "Living the News," what does Foster say is the main difference between New Journalism and immersive journalism?
(a) Immersive journalists do not try to draw attention to themselves.
(b) Immersive journalists use many more techniques usually found in fiction.
(c) Immersive journalists want to be seen as clever, inventive writers.
(d) Immersive journalists are strictly objective.

14. 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 nonfiction is accurate and that all critics are misguided cynics.
(c) They believe that all writers are honest and that all editors are dishonest.
(d) They believe that all gatekeepers are elitist and that all voices should be represented.

15. In Chapter 10, "From the Inside Out," what aspect of Renaissance scholarship does Foster say the essay rebels against?
(a) Obedience to the Christian God.
(b) The veneration of classical Greece and Rome.
(c) The importance of institutional authority.
(d) Respect for accurate history.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 15, "Reading Internet Sources," what does Foster say leads to better thinking?

2. Based on Chapter 14, "The Universe of Ideas/Ideas of the Universe," what would Foster call a neuroscientist reporting on and analyzing recent developments in neuroscience?

3. In "Interrogating the Text," where does Foster say the "three questions" originate?

4. Based on Chapter 14, "The Universe of Ideas/Ideas of the Universe," what would Foster call a journalist writing a general survey of the field of string theory?

5. In Chapter 14, "The Universe of Ideas/Ideas of the Universe," why does Foster introduce the example of Malcolm Gladwell?

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