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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 2: Chapter 5, "It May Just Be Me, But..." through Chapter 8, "Bringing the News".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The section of this book called "The Books in the Book" is what part of the book?
(a) The introduction.
(b) A foreward.
(c) A preface.
(d) An appendix.

2. In Chapter 8, "Bringing the News," Foster describes the Larry Nassar scandal as an illustration of what?
(a) The ways in which trusted people can betray others.
(b) How major universities sometimes engage in cover ups.
(c) The difficulties of investigative journalism.
(d) The importance of community newspapers.

3. In Chapter 8, "Bringing the News," Foster says that All the President's Men is sui generis. He is saying that this book is what?
(a) Challenging.
(b) Uplifting.
(c) Revealing.
(d) Unique.

4. In Chapter 5, "It May Just Be Me, But..." what kind of person does Foster say is likely to be biased?
(a) Older people.
(b) Uneducated people.
(c) Everyone.
(d) Republicans.

5. In Chapter 7, "All in How You Look at Things," what does Foster say is the purpose of the academic five-paragraph essay?
(a) It teaches students to organize their thoughts.
(b) It is the most that students are capable of before college.
(c) It is the preferred format for professional writing.
(d) It is a flexible and useful format for anything a student might need to write about.

Short Answer Questions

1. Based on Chapter 2, "The Ecology of the Nonfiction Biosphere," how would Foster sum up the place of newspapers in today's world?

2. In Chapter 8, "Bringing the News," one of the main points that Foster wants to make about All the President's Men is that it is a kind of writing he calls what?

3. In Chapter 7, "All in How You Look at Things," Foster uses as examples two books that have the same subject matter--Fear, and Fire and Fury. What subject matter do these books have in common?

4. In Chapter 7, "All in How You Look at Things," what does Foster say the term "Fake News" originally referred to?

5. In Chapter 6, "Source Code," what does Foster say about the proliferation of online sources?

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