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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 Chapter 9, "Living the News," which work does Foster say is likely the first example of New Journalism?
(a) The Armies of the Night.
(b) The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test.
(c) Hell's Angels.
(d) In Cold Blood.

2. In Chapter 8, "Bringing the News," what reason does Foster give for journalists generally being proved correct despite public mistrust?
(a) Intelligence.
(b) Stubbornness.
(c) Professionalism.
(d) Strategy.

3. 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?
(a) This creates inaccuracies.
(b) This can make a story stronger.
(c) This is part of the fair treatment of sources.
(d) This in unethical.

4. In Chapter 10, "From the Inside Out," what document does Foster call the "ultimate political expression of [the] Enlightenment insistence on the individual" (146)?
(a) Essay Concerning Human Understanding.
(b) The Declaration of Independence.
(c) Apologia Pro Vita Sua.
(d) A Room of One's Own.

5. In Chapter 2, "The Ecology of the Nonfiction Biosphere," what does Foster say is the difference between "hard news" and "soft news"?
(a) Hard news is focused on statistics and data; soft news is focused on investigations and exposés.
(b) Hard news is focused on difficult truths; soft news is about making the reader feel good.
(c) Hard news is truth-focused; soft news permits some inaccuracy.
(d) Hard news is fact-focused, basic news gathering; soft news is generally lengthier and less objective.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to "The Building Blocks of Arguments," what is the implicit argument of most nonfiction writing?

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

3. According to "The Building Blocks of Arguments," what is the only form of nonfiction that is not argumentative?

4. Based on Chapter 2, "The Ecology of the Nonfiction Biosphere," how would Foster sum up the place of newspapers in today's world?

5. In Chapter 3, "The Power of the Prologue," why is "foreward" spelled with an "e" instead of as we usually see it, "forward"?

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