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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 10, "From the Inside Out," says that political cartoons and punditry are examples of what type of nonfiction?
(a) News features.
(b) Op-ed.
(c) Immersive journalism.
(d) Opinion.

2. According to Foster in Chapter 9, Annie Dillard's Pilgrim at Tinker Creek is an example of what type of nonfiction?
(a) Reportage.
(b) Immersive journalism.
(c) New Journalism.
(d) Creative nonfiction.

3. What is being discussed in Chapter 10, "From the Inside Out," when Foster says that the "form and tone of the essay must fit the writer like a suit" (144)?
(a) Characterization and personality.
(b) Conflict and theme.
(c) Subjectivity and attachment.
(d) Style and voice.

4. What definition of "lede" does Foster give In Chapter 2, "The Ecology of the Nonfiction Biosphere"?
(a) A brief summary of or tease for the event described in an article.
(b) A counterclaim to the main argument.
(c) A news item that also contains opinion.
(d) A short introductory piece of writing by an author who is not the author of the longer piece that follows.

5. In Chapter 7, "All in How You Look at Things," Foster says that which type of nonfiction is usually better off starting at the beginning chronologically?
(a) Biography.
(b) History.
(c) Reportage.
(d) Philosophy.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 6, "Source Code," which is the only type of nonfiction that Foster says doesn't need "rock-solid" sources (69)?

2. In Chapter 6, "Source Code," what does Foster call the "gold standard" of sources (63)?

3. In Chapter 2, "The Ecology of the Nonfiction Biosphere," Foster calls a certain kind of reader the "cognoscenti." What kind of a reader is her referring to?

4. In Chapter 10, "From the Inside Out," which writer does Foster credit with originating the essay?

5. In Chapter 11, "Life from the Inside," what does Foster tell us begins Ben Franklin's autobiography?

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