1. For what reason did Dublin university student Shane Fitzgerald post a fake quote on a French composer's Wikipedia entry?

2. Write out the quote that Fitzgerald made up, which was was attributed to Maurice Jarre by many news organizations.

3. a) What did Fitzgerald want to demonstrate by posting a fake quote on Maurice Jarre's Wikipedia entry?
b) Why did he expect newspapers to avoid the fake quote?

4. How have news organizations responded to Fitzgerald's notification that the quote they used in Maurice Jarre's obituary was actually written by Fitzgerald?

5. Why did Fitzgerald wait a month before notifying the news organizations that the quote they were attributing to Maurice Jarre was a fake?

6. What does Fitzgerald warn a malicious hoaxer could do to make false information appear creditable?

7. What do you think about Fitzgerald's experiment and the outcome?
What lesson do you learn from Fitzgerald's experiment?