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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 15, "Reading Internet Sources," Foster cites Wikipedia as the source of his information about the development of the internet. What might we reasonably call his use of Wikipedia as a source?
(a) Ironic.
(b) Careless.
(c) Engaging.
(d) Scholarly.

2. In Chapter 10, "From the Inside Out," Foster says that the placement of newspaper columns often creates a "dichotomy." What is he accusing them of doing?
(a) Creating the impression that fair and balanced coverage is unimportant.
(b) Making it difficult for readers to understand the nuances of their arguments.
(c) Creating the impression that there are only two possible points of view.
(d) Making it difficult for readers to find information outside of the two-party system.

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

4. According to Foster in Chapter 15, "Reading Internet Sources," what two errors in thinking prevent people from embracing gatekeeping?
(a) They believe that all writers are honest and that all editors are dishonest.
(b) They believe that all barriers are bad and that all people are good.
(c) They believe that all nonfiction is accurate and that all critics are misguided cynics.
(d) They believe that all gatekeepers are elitist and that all voices should be represented.

5. In Chapter 13, "On the Stump," Foster says that Fire and Fury was "incendiary" (189). He is comparing the book to what?
(a) A bomb.
(b) An iceberg.
(c) A riot.
(d) A storm.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. In Chapter 9, "Living the News," which authors does Foster point out as not engaged in New Journalism?

3. In Chapter 9, "Living the News," which author does Foster say is at the opposite "pole" of New Journalism from Hunter S. Thompson?

4. In Chapter 9, "Living the News," how does Foster apply the idea of "free indirect speech" to New Journalism?

5. In Chapter 10, "From the Inside Out," why does Foster not capitalize the name of bell hooks?

Short Essay Questions

1. In Chapter 9, "Living the News," what two main types of subjective nonfiction does Foster define, and what four categories does he break these main types into?

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

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

4. Explain why, in Chapter 11, "Life from the Inside," Foster says that the narrators of nonfiction can be just as unreliable as the narrators of fiction.

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

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

7. In "Interrogating the Text," what does Foster say the purpose of interrogating text is?

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

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

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

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