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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 5: Chapter 16, "Social (Media) Disease" through "Conclusion".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Chapter 6, "Source Code," what type of writing does Foster say relies heavily on eyewitness testimony?
(a) Science.
(b) History.
(c) Op-eds.
(d) Journalism.

2. Whom does Foster name, in Chapter 11, "Life from the Inside," as the "inheritors" (164) of the legacy of Apologia Pro Vita Sua?
(a) Artists and professors.
(b) Journalists and novelists.
(c) Philosophers and scholars.
(d) Politicians and musicians.

3. In Chapter 5, "It May Just Be Me, But..." what does Foster say is true about quotes attributed to anonymous sources?
(a) There are likely to be good reasons for the source to stay anonymous.
(b) These quotes are often just the reporter's interpretation of a source's meaning.
(c) There is never a good reason to use a quote from an anonymous source.
(d) These quotes are often made up.

4. In Chapter 9, "Living the News," which author does Foster say is at the opposite "pole" of New Journalism from Hunter S. Thompson?
(a) Tom Wolfe.
(b) Raoul Duke.
(c) Truman Capote.
(d) Joan Didion.

5. In Chapter 2, "The Ecology of the Nonfiction Biosphere," what implicit assertion about online writing does Foster make?
(a) It is susceptible to fewer hidden biases and is therefore more objective.
(b) It is capable of presenting hard news in a more timely fashion than print media can.
(c) It is often more accurate and more engaging than print media.
(d) It is nearly always lower quality than the writing in print sources.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 1, "The Structure of Nonfiction Information," what does Foster say is the purpose of the "four Ps?"

2. In Chapter 4, "The Parts You Don't Read," what is a piece of information that Foster says we can infer from the notes?

3. In Chapter 6, "Source Code,"what does Foster say about researching primary sources on microfiche?

4. In Chapter 7, "All in How You Look at Things," Foster discusses Pollan's How to Change Your Mind as an example of what?

5. In "Interrogating the Text," Foster says that source material should be "apt." He means that source material should be what?

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