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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 Chapter 4, "The Parts You Don't Read," what are the sidebar discussions found in the book's back matter called?
(a) The appendix.
(b) Content notes.
(c) The index.
(d) Callouts.

2. In Chapter 5, "It May Just Be Me, But..." what does Foster say about offering equal space and analysis to opposing arguments?
(a) It is confusing to the reader.
(b) This can destroy a story.
(c) This is part of fair and balanced reporting.
(d) It strikes the modern reader as dishonest.

3. In Chapter 2, "The Ecology of the Nonfiction Biosphere," what does Foster say is true of the sports section?
(a) It contains every type of writing found in a newspaper.
(b) It excludes features.
(c) Its box scores are an example of soft news.
(d) It contains primarily editorial columns.

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

5. In Chapter 5, "It May Just Be Me, But..." what does Foster say about disclaimers like "I don't dislike soccer" (52)?
(a) That it probably means the speaker actually does dislike soccer.
(b) That this kind of phrasing often introduces counterclaims.
(c) That double negatives are generally used to disguise a lie.
(d) That it is good when authors clarify what ground is "neutral" to them.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 7, "All in How You Look at Things," Foster makes what point about newspaper articles?

2. 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?

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?

4. In Chapter 6, "Source Code," what does Foster say is an advantage of using data as evidence?

5. 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?

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