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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 4.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Deep Throat provide for the reporters?
(a) A primary source.
(b) A confirmation source.
(c) Rumors.
(d) Deep background.

2. How do most people on the reporters’ lists react to being contacted?
(a) They are terrified.
(b) They are furious.
(c) They are concerned.
(d) They are cooperative.

3. What setback had the Post encountered in 1971?
(a) It had gone bankrupt.
(b) Time Magazine got an interview with the President.
(c) The New York Times had published the Pentagon Papers.
(d) They were scooped on a story about a Vietnam general.

4. How does the Bookkeeper identify the recipients of money from the security fund?
(a) She provides their initials.
(b) She provides their last names.
(c) She agrees to their last names.
(d) She agrees to their initials.

5. How often had Woodward and Bernstein worked together before Watergate?
(a) Often.
(b) Once.
(c) Several times.
(d) They hadn’t.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Dahlberg do with the money he was given?

2. How did Deep Throat set a meeting with Woodward?

3. What was strange about John Mitchell’s resignation from office?

4. How old were Woodward and Bernstein at the time of the Watergate break-ins?

5. What was the first link between the burglars and the White House?

(see the answer key)

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