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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Chapter 15, "Reading Internet Sources," what does Foster call the "fatal flaw" of the internet?
(a) The cost of connecting to it.
(b) Too many editors.
(c) A lack of quality control.
(d) The hierarchy of gatekeepers.

2. In "Interrogating the Text," Foster says that readers should beware of ad hominem arguments. What he means is that readers should be suspicious when writers do what?
(a) Contend that because something is new it must be better or more correct.
(b) Portray the opposition argument as much weaker than it actually is.
(c) Attack the people making arguments instead of the arguments themselves.
(d) Appeal to emotion rather than to logic.

3. In Chapter 12, "Life from the Inside," Foster says that an author of a history about long-ago events is not really so much a reporter as a what?
(a) Critic.
(b) Artist.
(c) Poet.
(d) Compiler.

4. Whom does Foster name, in Chapter 11, "Life from the Inside," as the "inheritors" (164) of the legacy of Apologia Pro Vita Sua?
(a) Politicians and musicians.
(b) Artists and professors.
(c) Philosophers and scholars.
(d) Journalists and novelists.

5. In Chapter 15, "Reading Internet Sources," what does Foster say the contemporary world lacks?
(a) Critical thinking.
(b) Education.
(c) Sources of information.
(d) Moral judgement.

6. 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) Style and voice.
(b) Characterization and personality.
(c) Subjectivity and attachment.
(d) Conflict and theme.

7. In Chapter 14, "The Universe of Ideas/Ideas of the Universe," what does Foster call critical reading?
(a) Nonfiction evaluation.
(b) Scientific reading.
(c) Defensive reading.
(d) Nonfiction analysis.

8. In Chapter 14, "The Universe of Ideas/Ideas of the Universe," what criticism does Foster level against Malcolm Gladwell?
(a) That he tries to write outside of his own field.
(b) That he does not examine data critically enough.
(c) That he offers so much data it can be difficult to follow his arguments.
(d) That he does not try to engage the reader.

9. In Chapter 11, "Life from the Inside," Foster points out that Ta-Nehisi Coates's Between the World and Me begins similarly to which other work?
(a) The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin.
(b) Dreams from My Father.
(c) Apologia Pro Vita Sua.
(d) The Year of Magical Thinking.

10. In Chapter 13, "On the Stump," Foster says that Fire and Fury was "incendiary" (189). He is comparing the book to what?
(a) A storm.
(b) A bomb.
(c) A riot.
(d) An iceberg.

11. In Chapter 15, "Reading Internet Sources," what does Foster say leads to better thinking?
(a) Better sources of information.
(b) Better editing.
(c) Better education.
(d) Better questions.

12. In Chapter 15, "Reading Internet Sources," what does Foster say a subreddit is?
(a) A disguised criticism of another post.
(b) A clearinghouse for memes.
(c) A discussion board for a specific topic.
(d) An older form of crowd-sourced encyclopedia.

13. In Chapter 13, "On the Stump," what criticism does Foster level at Comey's book A Higher Loyalty?
(a) The attribution of sources.
(b) The use of hearsay.
(c) The omniscient narrative style.
(d) The logic of two key passages is suspect.

14. In Chapter 10, "From the Inside Out," why does Foster not capitalize the name of bell hooks?
(a) It is a pseudonym.
(b) He is showing how little he values her work.
(c) It is a name she herself rejected.
(d) He is respecting hooks's wishes.

15. In Chapter 15, "Reading Internet Sources," what does Foster call inaccurate information?
(a) Dark information.
(b) Dark energy.
(c) Hypertext.
(d) Cyber-lies.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 10, "From the Inside Out," what aspect of Renaissance scholarship does Foster say the essay rebels against?

2. In Chapter 13, "On the Stump," which work does Foster say that Comey's book A Higher Loyalty is similar to?

3. In Chapter 9, "Living the News," what historical era does Foster tie New Journalism to?

4. In Chapter 11, "Life from the Inside," what does Foster call works that people write about their own experiences with illness and dying?

5. In Chapter 9, "Living the News," what does Foster say is the main difference between New Journalism and immersive journalism?

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