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is the only type of literature that possesses clear structural patterns Because "narrative design" is an old and outdated term 3 Which two books does Foster use to introduce his discussion of structural design?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