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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What word does Ziegler try to avoid during the press conference in Chapter 8?
(a) The Post.
(b) Corruption.
(c) Directed.
(d) Involved.

2. For whom does Howard Hunt work directly?
(a) Nixon.
(b) Mitchell.
(c) Colson.
(d) Dean.

3. At the beginning of the book, how long had Woodward been working at the Post?
(a) Nine weeks.
(b) Three months.
(c) Nine months.
(d) One year.

4. What is Rosenfeld’s job at the paper?
(a) He is a diplomatic correspondent.
(b) He is a reporter.
(c) He is the City editor.
(d) He is the Metro editor.

5. In what year did the Watergate break-in take place?
(a) 1961.
(b) 1971.
(c) 1972.
(d) 1962.

6. What is the term that Deep Throat uses to describe CRP’s subterfuge tactics?
(a) Black Ops.
(b) Necessary Evils.
(c) Games.
(d) Ratfucking.

7. What number does Deep Throat amend his response to #57 to?
(a) More than fifty.
(b) Fewer than ten.
(c) Fifty.
(d) Five.

8. What is the pizza that Ziegler references?
(a) One of the pranks played on the McGovern campaign.
(b) A mis-quoted source that the reporters used.
(c) Code to warn off the reporters.
(d) A factual error that the reporters made.

9. Why does Rosenfeld initially distrust Young?
(a) He thinks he’s using a pseudonym.
(b) He thinks he is lying.
(c) He thinks he is a hippy.
(d) He’s never heard of him.

10. What do reporters at the newsroom tease Bernstein about during the investigation into CRP’s checks?
(a) His tendency to push deadlines.
(b) His last-minute revisions.
(c) His friendship with Woodward.
(d) His level of Spanish.

11. What name does Sloan give to the fund?
(a) The Special Operations fund.
(b) The Black Ops fund.
(c) The Special Projects fund.
(d) The Ratfucking fund.

12. How many men agents did the FBI assign to the Watergate investigation?
(a) One.
(b) One hundred and fifty.
(c) A dozen.
(d) One hundred.

13. What is the most important name connected with the fund that the reporters have found by Chapter 5?
(a) Liddy.
(b) Haldeman.
(c) Mitchell.
(d) Stans.

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

15. What does Young provide the reporters?
(a) Deep background.
(b) Confirmation of earlier facts.
(c) An on-the-record source.
(d) An off-the-record source.

Short Answer Questions

1. What excuse does Bernstein use to stay in the Bookkeeper’s house?

2. How does Mrs. Mitchell act when Woodward approaches her?

3. Whom does Bernstein call in Chapter 7?

4. How does Howard Hunt respond to the story about the burglars’ connection to the White House?

5. What does Sloan tell the reporters about the money in Chapter 8?

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