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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. In Chapter 2, "The Ecology of the Nonfiction Biosphere," what problem does Foster say can arise if readers do not understand the forms of writing?
2. The section of this book called "The Books in the Book" is what part of the book?
3. In Chapter 6, "Source Code," what does Foster say is an advantage of using data as evidence?
4. In Chapter 2, "The Ecology of the Nonfiction Biosphere," Foster calls a certain kind of reader the "cognoscenti." What kind of a reader is her referring to?
5. In Chapter 7, "All in How You Look at Things," Foster says that which type of nonfiction is usually better off starting at the beginning chronologically?
Short Essay Questions
1. In Chapter 7, "All in How You Look at Things," what does Foster compare to "wrestl[ing] an octopus," (81), and why does he make this comparison?
2. In Chapter 8, "Bringing the News," why does Foster say that All the President's Men is "meta-journalism"?
3. In Chapter 6, "Source Code," what does Foster say is the consequence of a "land without gatekeepers" (68)?
4. Why, in Chapter 2, "The Ecology of the Nonfiction Biosphere," does Foster say that it is both good and bad news that all communication has a "grammar"?
5. In Chapter 1, "The Structure of Nonfiction Information," what does Foster say is similar about the terms "narrative strategy" and "structural design," and what does he say is the difference?
6. In Chapter 4, "The Parts You Don't Read," Foster discusses tables of contents and indexes. What is similar about these two things and what is different?
7. In Chapter 4, "The Parts You Don't Read," what two kinds of notes does Foster discuss and what are their functions?
8. In Chapter 1, "The Structure of Nonfiction Information," why does Foster say that focus and telos can change if the structure of a work is changed?
9. On page 33 of "Building Blocks of Arguments," Foster compares claims and grounds to two people standing next to one another at a dance and says warrants are what "pins" them together so that they can "go steady." Explain his meaning.
10. On page 21 of Chapter 2, "The Ecology of the Nonfiction Biosphere," Foster says, of Wolfe's Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test, "This is First Contact with Aliens." What does Foster mean by this, and how do we know?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
In Chapter 7, "It's All in How You Look at Things," Foster explains the history of the term "Fake News." Explain the evolution of this term, being sure to mention people who were important to its evolution and giving clear examples of media called "fake news" at each step of the process.
Essay Topic 2
On page 89 of Chapter 7, "All in How You Look at Things," Foster makes the claim that "there are comparatively few books written that own nothing to the passage of time" (89). Explain his meaning here and then use factual evidence to evaluate the strength of his claim.
Essay Topic 3
In Chapter 9, "Living the News," Foster discusses the work of Joan Didion. Write an essay in which you describe his tone in this discussion of Didion and then analyze how he creates this tone.
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