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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. Whom does Foster name, in Chapter 11, "Life from the Inside," as the "inheritors" (164) of the legacy of Apologia Pro Vita Sua?
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?
3. In Chapter 9, "Living the News," what does Foster say is responsible for Didion's characteristic style?
4. Chapter 15, "Reading Internet Sources," ends with the date of singer Roy Orbison's birthday. What is Foster's purpose in placing this piece of information here?
5. In Chapter 15, "Reading Internet Sources," what does Foster say leads to better thinking?
Short Essay Questions
1. In "Interrogating the Text," where does Foster suggest that readers focus their interrogative effort, and why?
2. 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?
3. In Chapter 14, "The Universe of Ideas/Ideas of the Universe," what qualities does Foster say a genuine expert will have?
4. In Chapter 13, "On the Stump," what criticism does Foster level at Fox News?
5. 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.
6. In Chapter 15, "Reading Internet Sources," what does Foster say is problematic about the internet and web?
7. 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?
8. In Chapter 15, "Reading Internet Sources," what does Foster propose as a solution to inaccuracies on the web?
9. In Chapter 13, "On the Stump," what concern does Foster say that other journalists have about Wolff's work?
10. 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?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
In Chapter 16, "Social (Media) Disease," Foster discusses clickbait and its tendency to inflate reader expectations. Consider how titles and subtitles used in print books and magazines are similar to and different from the use of titles as online clickbait. Write an essay that compares and contrasts these two uses of titles.
Essay Topic 2
In Chapter 10, "From the Inside Out," Foster explains several questions that are important to ask while reading opinions and editorials. Explain each of these questions and its importance in critical reading.
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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