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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. According to "The Building Blocks of Arguments," what is the only form of nonfiction that is not argumentative?
(a) Reportage.
(b) Technical reports.
(c) History.
(d) User manuals.

2. In Chapter 5, "It May Just Be Me, But..." Foster says that a source's quote can be "emended" (55). What happens to an emended quote?
(a) It is withdrawn.
(b) It is updated.
(c) It is verified.
(d) It is shortened.

3. In Chapter 4, "The Parts You Don't Read," what is a piece of information that Foster says we can infer from the notes?
(a) The author's education.
(b) The intended audience.
(c) The author's purpose.
(d) Potential biases.

4. In Chapter 3, "The Power of the Prologue," Foster uses the word "etymologically" to describe what?
(a) The opposites of words.
(b) Similar sounding words.
(c) The origins of words.
(d) The definitions of words.

5. In Chapter 5, "It May Just Be Me, But..." what does Foster say about offering a source the chance to correct themselves if they claim that they misspoke?
(a) This in unethical.
(b) This is part of the fair treatment of sources.
(c) This creates inaccuracies.
(d) This can make a story stronger.

Short Answer Questions

1. The section of this book called "What's Going on Around Here?" is what part of the book?

2. In Chapter 2, "The Ecology of the Nonfiction Biosphere," how does Foster define "specialty journalism"?

3. In Chapter 7, "All in How You Look at Things," what does Foster say beginning writers often get too caught up in?

4. In Chapter 4, "The Parts You Don't Read," what advice does Foster give about the copyright page?

5. In Chapter 7, "All in How You Look at Things," Whome does Foster say is "our greatest living thinker about writing nonfiction" (81)?

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