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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 4: Chapter 13,"On the Stump" through Chapter 15, "Reading Internet Sources".

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. In Chapter 14, "The Universe of Ideas/Ideas of the Universe," what does Foster say is true about contemporary America?
(a) Americans are educated to read science critically.
(b) There is not much great science writing going on in America today.
(c) America is the most scientifically advanced nation on earth.
(d) Many Americans are antiscientific.

3. In Chapter 2, "The Ecology of the Nonfiction Biosphere," what problem does Foster say can arise if readers do not understand the forms of writing?
(a) Readers may have unreasonably high standards.
(b) Readers may be disappointed by the content of their reading.
(c) Readers may expect the wrong things from the form they are reading.
(d) Readers may misunderstand the purpose of the form they are reading.

4. In Chapter 13, "On the Stump," Foster alludes to Peyton Place because he is implying that Fire and Fury is essentially what?
(a) A comic masterpiece.
(b) A dry and academic piece of scholarship.
(c) A mediocre melodrama.
(d) A thought-provoking fiction.

5. In Chapter 6, "Source Code," what does Foster call the "gold standard" of sources (63)?
(a) Eyewitness testimony.
(b) Expert sources.
(c) Professional expertise.
(d) Statistics.

Short Answer Questions

1. Using an argument like "Democrats just want to take your guns" in an address to a gun rights organization in a heavily Republican area would be an example of which flaw in argumentation?

2. In Chapter 6, "Source Code,"what does Foster say about researching primary sources on microfiche?

3. In Chapter 7, "All in How You Look at Things," what does Foster say the term "Fake News" originally referred to?

4. In Chapter 10, "From the Inside Out," which claim does Foster make about thesis statements?

5. In Chapter 8, "Bringing the News," one of the main points that Foster wants to make about All the President's Men is what?

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