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Accurate Use of Sources Quiz
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The following, from page 127 of Fast Food Nation by Eric Schlosser, is the source of the following quotations and paraphrases.

A natural flavor is not necessarily healthier or purer than an artificial one. When almond flavor (benzaldehyde) is derived from natural sources, such as peach and apricot pits, it contains traces of hydrogen cyanide, a deadly poison. Benzaldehyde derived through a different process--by mixing oil of clove and banana flavor, amyl acetate--does not contain any cyanide. Nevertheless, it is legally considered an artificial flavor and sells at a much lower price. Natural and artificial flavors are now manufactured at the same chemical plants, places that few people would associate with Mother Nature. Calling any of these flavors "natural" requires a flexible attitude toward the English language and a fair amount of irony.

Read each of the following quotations and paraphrases (which are documented using MLA style) from the source above. Then click "Acceptable" if the quotation or paraphrase uses the source accurately; click "Unacceptable" if the quotation or paraphrase distorts the source.

1
Schlosser argues, "A natural flavor is [. . .] purer than an artificial one" (127).
A)Acceptable
B)Unacceptable
2
According to Schlosser, the distinction between natural and artificial flavors is mainly legal, with both "manufactured at the same chemical plants" (127).
A)Acceptable
B)Unacceptable
3
As Schlosser explains, natural flavors are made at sites that "people would associate with Mother Nature" (127).
A)Acceptable
B)Unacceptable
4
Schlosser praises the flexibility of the laws that determine which flavors are natural and which are artificial (127).
A)Acceptable
B)Unacceptable
5
Schlosser objects to the creation of artificial flavors, noting that they can contain poisons (127).
A)Acceptable
B)Unacceptable







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