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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 13, "On the Stump," what criticism does Foster level at Comey's book A Higher Loyalty?
(a) The omniscient narrative style.
(b) The use of hearsay.
(c) The attribution of sources.
(d) The logic of two key passages is suspect.

2. In Chapter 9, "Living the News," which work does Foster say is likely the first example of New Journalism?
(a) The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test.
(b) Hell's Angels.
(c) The Armies of the Night.
(d) In Cold Blood.

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

4. In Chapter 9, "Living the News," what does Foster say is responsible for Didion's characteristic style?
(a) Gender.
(b) Politics.
(c) Drugs.
(d) Education.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 13, "On the Stump," Foster says that Omarosa "uses her first name mononymously" (188). What does this mean about her use of her first name?

2. In Chapter 11, "Life from the Inside," what does Foster call works that people write about their own experiences with illness and dying?

3. In Chapter 14, "The Universe of Ideas/Ideas of the Universe," what does Foster say is true about contemporary America?

4. In Chapter 10, "From the Inside Out," what aspect of Renaissance scholarship does Foster say the essay rebels against?

5. In Chapter 12, "Life from the Inside," what advantage does Foster say contemporaneous accounts have?

Short Essay Questions

1. In Chapter 14, "The Universe of Ideas/Ideas of the Universe," what qualities does Foster say a genuine expert will have?

2. In "Interrogating the Text," where does Foster suggest that readers focus their interrogative effort, and why?

3. 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?

4. 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?

5. In Chapter 14, "The Universe of Ideas/Ideas of the Universe," what are the three types of science writing that Foster describes, and what are the differences among them?

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

7. In Chapter 13, "On the Stump," what criticism does Foster level at Fox News?

8. In Chapter 10, "From the Inside Out," what characteristics does Foster say the thesis of a strong essay will have?

9. In Chapter 9, "Living the News," why does Foster say that Woodward and Bernstein do not belong in the category of New Journalism?

10. In Chapter 11, "Life from the Inside," why does Foster spend time describing the contents of Cardinal Newman's autobiography?

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