1 Which of the following is NOT one of the 4 Ps mentioned by Foster? Program Problem Promise Position 2 Why does Foster use the term structural (rather than narrative) design when discussing nonfiction? Because nonfiction is the only type of literature that possesses clear structural patterns Because not all nonfiction is narrative in nature Because nonfiction has features that are different and unique from other forms of writing Because "narrative design" is an old and outdated term 3 Which two books does Foster use to introduce his discussion of structural design? Seabiscuit and The Boys in the Boat Seabiscuit and The Audacity of Hope Seabiscuit and Hidden Figures Seabiscuit and The White Album 4 What qualities distinguish a feature story from a hard news story? Features can only be written by a journalist with specific credentials Features are typically longer and softer in terms of subject matter Features are typically shorter and involve a topic being researched over a long period of time Features require consultation from subject matter experts 5 Which of the following is NOT one of the three central terms Foster mentions related to argument? Warrant Merit Claims Ground 6 In A Higher Loyalty, what does James Comey title his introductory material? Envoi Prologue Author's Note Preface 7 Which explorer(s) is the focus of Stephen Ambrose's book Undaunted Courage? Vasco da Gama Sir Edmund Hillary Lewis and Clark Christopher Columbus 8 Which of the following is typically true of a foreword? It is usually not written by the author of the main work It is typically 2 pages or less in length It is almost exclusively written by a scholar with expertise in the subject matter It is usually written at the same time as the main work 9 From what language is "Appendix" etymologically derived? Greek Latin Old French High German 10 Before his 2018 book, Michael Pollan was best known for writing on what topic? Military History Food The Watergate scandal Evolutionary Biology 11 Lin Manuel Miranda's musical Hamilton was inspired by a biography written by which author? Daniel James Brown Margot Lee Shetterley Ron Chernow Michael Pollan 12 Foster references an article written by Hannah Arendt, focusing on which poet? T.S. Eliot William Butler Yeats W.H. Auden Ezra Pound 13 Foster attributes the invention of "free indirect speech" to which author? Gustave Flaubert Jane Austen Virginia Woolf Victor Hugo 14 What was Foster's first job related to writing? Writing for the Yale Law Review Editing college admissions essays Covering high school sports for a local newspaper Writing book reviews for The New Yorker 15 To whom does Mark Twain attribute the quotation about lies, damned lies, and statistics? Cardinal Newman George Washington Benjamin Disraeli Henry David Thoreau 16 Whom does Foster cite as the greatest living writer? Jonathan Franzen Stephen King John McPhee Cormac McCarthy 17 According to Foster, Malcolm Gladwell typically begins his book with what device? A definition A flashforward An anecdote A provocative statistic 18 News journalism is usually written at what reading level? 3rd-5th grade 9th-11th grade First-year college A level that someone new to learning English can comprehend 19 Which university experienced a scandal centering on their gymnastic team? Michigan State University Howard University Duke University University of North Carolina Chapel Hill 20 The Boston Globe story Spotlight focused on what events? Systematic abuse within the Indian Residential school system Rising tuition costs and increasing student debt loads Sexual abuse scandals within the Catholic Church Suppression of medical evidence by tobacco companies 21 What does Foster cite as arguably the most important nonfiction book of the twentieth century? Silent Spring All the President's Men Between the World and Me In Cold Blood 22 Which of the following does Foster NOT list as one of the four key books of New Journalism? The White Paper Hunter S. Thompson's Hell's Angels Capote's In Cold Blood Mailer's The Armies of the Night 23 Where did Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas get its start? As an entry in a contest As an MFA thesis As a magazine assignment As an essay in a collection of travelogues 24 Foster draws a stylistic parallel between Joan Didion and which other author? Hemingway F. Scott Fitzgerald Mark Twain Balzac 25 What subject is the focus of the book Let Us Now Praise Famous Men? Impoverished farmers The 1939 Yankees team the lives of Catholic saints American vice-presidents