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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 3: Chapter 9, "Living the News" through Chapter 12, "That Is So Last Year".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Chapter 12, "Life from the Inside," Foster discusses primary and secondary sources. Which of the following would be a secondary source about World War Two?
(a) A collection of English WWII military maps and charts discovered many years after the war.
(b) A 1942 letter from an overseas American soldier to his parents.
(c) An editorial in the New York Times opposing American involvement in the war.
(d) A historical account in a 2020 textbook about the attack on Pearl Harbor.

2. In Chapter 10, "From the Inside Out," what important characteristic of the essay does Foster point out?
(a) It is highly adaptable.
(b) It teaches the reader to organize their thoughts.
(c) It is more easily understood than other forms of nonfiction.
(d) It is an ancient form of writing.

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

4. In Chapter 1, "The Structure of Nonfiction Information," what does Foster say is the purpose of the "four Ps?"
(a) To establish the writer's credibility.
(b) To fill the reader in on important context.
(c) To lay out the essentials of the work to follow.
(d) To explain the structural design of the work.

5. In Chapter 7, "All in How You Look at Things," Foster makes what point about newspaper articles?
(a) Almost all of them are written in strict chronological order.
(b) They often use a cause and effect structure.
(c) Almost all of them incorporate at least some cause and effect structure.
(d) They are often deviate from strict chronology in order to make a point.

Short Answer 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?

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

3. In Chapter 9, "Living the News," which author does Foster say is at the opposite "pole" of New Journalism from Hunter S. Thompson?

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

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

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