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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Who from CRP directly responded to the Watergate articles?
(a) Paul Barrick.
(b) The Bookkeepers.
(c) Maurice Stans.
(d) John Mitchell.

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

4. How does the New York Times make the connection between Segretti and Chapin?
(a) Through telephone tapping.
(b) Through an unnamed source.
(c) Through telephone records.
(d) Through Woodward and Bernstein.

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

6. What were the Watergate burglars carrying?
(a) Bags of money.
(b) Tapes of confidential conversations.
(c) Budget memos.
(d) Photo equipment and electronic gear.

7. Where were the majority of the Watergate burglars from?
(a) Washington D.C.
(b) New York.
(c) Miami.
(d) California.

8. How old were Woodward and Bernstein at the time of the Watergate break-ins?
(a) Early twenties.
(b) Late twenties.
(c) Late thirties.
(d) Early thirties.

9. How does Howard Hunt respond to the story about the burglars’ connection to the White House?
(a) Jesus.
(b) Do your worst.
(c) Good God!
(d) We’ll deny everything.

10. What is CRP?
(a) Constitutional Rights Protection.
(b) Committee for Republican Power.
(c) Committee to Reelect the President.
(d) Creative Republican Powerhouse .

11. Why was Dahlberg difficult to reach to at first?
(a) His neighbor had been kidnapped.
(b) His grandmother had died.
(c) His wife was ill.
(d) He was under CRP’s protection.

12. Who was Bernstein’s source that the book compares to Deep Throat?
(a) A former staffer at the Post.
(b) A jogging partner.
(c) An ex-girlfriend.
(d) The owner of a bike shop.

13. What is Sloan’s current job?
(a) He is an independent consultant.
(b) He is unemployed.
(c) He works for CRP.
(d) He works for the White House.

14. Who is Bill Mooney?
(a) A CRP staffer.
(b) A White House staffer.
(c) A lawyer.
(d) A pseudonym.

15. How does Mrs. Mitchell act when Woodward approaches her?
(a) Calmly.
(b) Angrily.
(c) He doesn’t reach her.
(d) Eccentrically.

Short Answer Questions

1. Whom does Bernstein call in Chapter 7?

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

3. What time does Woodward and Deep Throat’s meeting in Chapter 6 end?

4. What do reporters at the newsroom tease Bernstein about during the investigation into CRP’s checks?

5. How long was the final Woodward/Bernstein article about espionage and sabotage?

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