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

2. In Chapter 14, "The Universe of Ideas/Ideas of the Universe," why does Foster introduce the example of Malcolm Gladwell?
(a) To illustrate the idea of a science writer who has developed a "brand" for his writing.
(b) To show how a clever writer can overcome public skepticism.
(c) To contrast with the more rigorous writing of Neil deGrasse Tyson.
(d) To provide an example of amateur profiling.

3. In Chapter 10, "From the Inside Out," which writer does Foster credit with originating the essay?
(a) Virginia Woolf.
(b) Rene Descartes.
(c) George Orwell.
(d) Michel de Montaigne.

4. 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) The importance of community newspapers.
(c) The difficulties of investigative journalism.
(d) How major universities sometimes engage in cover ups.

5. According to Chapter 17, "The Criminal Element," what fraud did Stephen Glass commit?
(a) Passed off a fictional work as his own autobiography.
(b) Wrote a fake autobiography of Howard Hughes.
(c) Forged hundreds of letters that were supposedly from famous authors.
(d) Wrote news articles based on fake evidence.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 14, "The Universe of Ideas/Ideas of the Universe," what does Foster seem to admire most about Neil deGrasse Tyson's writing?

2. In Chapter 8, "Bringing the News," what reason does Foster give for journalists generally being proved correct despite public mistrust?

3. According to Foster in Chapter 9, "Living the News," what is McPhee's purpose in comparing geological change over time to a road trip?

4. In Chapter 11, "Life from the Inside," Foster discusses the use of parallelism. He is discussing what technique?

5. In Chapter 13, "On the Stump," what criticism does Foster level at Comey's book A Higher Loyalty?

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