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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. According to Foster in Chapter 15, "Reading Internet Sources," what two errors in thinking prevent people from embracing gatekeeping?
2. In Chapter 10, "From the Inside Out," says that political cartoons and punditry are examples of what type of nonfiction?
3. In "Interrogating the Text," what does Foster say most authors will do?
4. In Chapter 12, "Life from the Inside," why does Foster think Ambrose chose Merriwether Lewis's perspective for his history Undaunted Courage?
5. In Chapter 14, "The Universe of Ideas/Ideas of the Universe," why does Foster introduce the example of Malcolm Gladwell?
Short Essay Questions
1. In Chapter 12, "That Is So Last Year," what difference does Foster explain between primary and secondary sources?
2. 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?
3. In Chapter 11, "Life from the Inside," what does Foster say is the difference between autobiography and memoir?
4. In Chapter 15, "Reading Internet Sources," what does Foster propose as a solution to inaccuracies on the web?
5. In Chapter 10, "From the Inside Out," what does Foster list as the three criteria of Ezra Pound's criticism?
6. 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?
7. 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?
8. In Chapter 15, "Reading Internet Sources," what does Foster say is problematic about the internet and web?
9. In "Interrogating the Text," where does Foster suggest that readers focus their interrogative effort, and why?
10. 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?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
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.
Essay Topic 2
In Chapter 2, "The Ecology of the Nonfiction Biosphere," Foster makes a number of claims about the importance of newspapers. Do you agree, disagree, or agree with qualifications?
Essay Topic 3
Choose a piece of science writing and evaluate it according to the standards laid out in "Interrogating the Text."
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