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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. In "Interrogating the Text," where does Foster say the "three questions" originate?
(a) Stephen Toulmin, British philosopher and logician.
(b) John McPhee, Pulitzer-Prize-winning nonfiction author.
(c) Stephen Ambrose, author of Undaunted Courage.
(d) William Shawn, an editor at The New Yorker.

2. In Chapter 6, "Source Code," what does Foster say about the proliferation of online sources?
(a) They make everything seem like nonsense.
(b) They democratize media.
(c) They offer marginalized voices a chance to be heard.
(d) They are often carefully sourced.

3. In Chapter 13, "On the Stump," which work does Foster say that Comey's book A Higher Loyalty is similar to?
(a) The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test.
(b) Apologia Pro Vita Sua.
(c) All the President's Men.
(d) Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas.

4. According to "The Building Blocks of Arguments," what are the "grounds" of a argument?
(a) Explanations of the relationship between facts and claims.
(b) Factual data and evidence.
(c) The conclusions that an argument is based on.
(d) The backing of a rebuttal or qualification.

5. In Chapter 9, "Living the News," Foster calls Fear and Loathing a roman à clef. What is he saying about this book?
(a) It is a book of nonfiction thinly disguised as fiction.
(b) It is a work of fiction that parodies a work of journalism.
(c) It is a work that translates a novel in another language into English.
(d) It is an autobiographical book about journalism.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 12, "Life from the Inside," what advantage does Foster say elapsed time gives to historical accounts?

2. In Chapter 15, "Reading Internet Sources," Foster cites Wikipedia as the source of his information about the development of the internet. What might we reasonably call his use of Wikipedia as a source?

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)?

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

5. In Chapter 7, "All in How You Look at Things," Foster uses as examples two books that have the same subject matter--Fear, and Fire and Fury. What subject matter do these books have in common?

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