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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Chapter 14, "The Universe of Ideas/Ideas of the Universe," what are two reasons Foster points to for disbelief in science?
(a) Skepticism and cynicism.
(b) Religion and economic interests.
(c) Social media and poor science writing.
(d) Ignorance and stubbornness.

2. Whose Apologia Pro Vita Sua is discussed in Chapter 11, "Life from the Inside"?
(a) The Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
(b) Charles Kingsley.
(c) Augustine of Hippo.
(d) John Henry, Cardinal Newman.

3. In Chapter 13, "On the Stump," Foster says that a look at social media reveals what about Americans of all political persuasions?
(a) They are eager for a leader who will heal political divisions.
(b) Many on both sides are strong critical thinkers.
(c) Many on both sides are blind to what makes America great.
(d) They have lost touch with reality.

4. 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 detail at the expense of continuity.
(c) A focus on the "big picture" at the expense of fine detail.
(d) A focus on immediacy at the expense of long-term perspective.

5. In Chapter 12, "Life from the Inside," what advantage does Foster say elapsed time gives to historical accounts?
(a) Perspective.
(b) Accuracy.
(c) Objectivity.
(d) Immediacy.

Short Answer 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)?

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

3. In Chapter 12, "Life from the Inside," Foster discusses primary and secondary sources. Which of the following would be a secondary source about World War Two?

4. In Chapter 9, "Living the News," what historical era does Foster tie New Journalism to?

5. In Chapter 13, "On the Stump," Foster says that Fire and Fury was "incendiary" (189). He is comparing the book to what?

Short Essay Questions

1. In Chapter 9, "Living the News," why does Foster say that Hunter S. Thomson's Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas is really a roman à clef?

2. In Chapter 12, "That Is So Last Year," what difference does Foster explain between primary and secondary sources?

3. In Chapter 12, "That Is So Last Year," what change in "fashion" does Foster say that the publishing of history has followed in the past decades?

4. In Chapter 14, "The Universe of Ideas/Ideas of the Universe," what does Foster say motivates antiscientific beliefs?

5. In Chapter 13, "On the Stump," what concern does Foster say that other journalists have about Wolff's work?

6. In Chapter 15, "Reading Internet Sources," Foster reveals the central issue of the book. What does he say the issue is, and why does he believe it is worth devoting a book to?

7. In Chapter 15, "Reading Internet Sources," what does Foster say is problematic about the internet and web?

8. In Chapter 10, "From the Inside Out," what does Foster list as the three criteria of Ezra Pound's criticism?

9. In Chapter 10, "From the Inside Out," why does Foster say that the process newspapers follow to assure balanced treatment in opinion pieces creates a false dichotomy?

10. Which of the three writers that Foster discusses in Chapter 13, "On the Stump," does Foster find to be least reliable, and which does he find to be most reliable? Why is this?

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