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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the tone of Dean’s statement at the beginning of Chapter 15?
(a) Evasive and anxious.
(b) Angry and confused.
(c) Threatening and defiant.
(d) Pleasant and calm.

2. What was Dean’s attitude towards the Post coverage of Watergate?
(a) He loved it.
(b) He was infuriated by it.
(c) He was annoyed by it.
(d) He respected it.

3. What was Mitchell’s former position?
(a) Head of CRP.
(b) Attorney General.
(c) Secretary of State.
(d) Chief of Staff to the President.

4. What does Haldeman deny in Chapter 15?
(a) That he will resign.
(b) That he was involved.
(c) That Mitchell was involved.
(d) That Dean was involved.

5. What does Deep Throat claim that neither the FBI nor the Post will be able to prove?
(a) That Hunt burned his manuscripts.
(b) The guilt of the men on trial for the Watergate break-in.
(c) That Mitchell and Colson were also conspirators in Watergate.
(d) That Richard Nixon knew about the break-in.

6. Who is the reporter’s fourth source about Haldeman’s access to the fund?
(a) Sloan.
(b) Deep Throat.
(c) An FBI agent.
(d) A lawyer.

7. What does Deep Throat do to Woodward in Chapter 9?
(a) He praises his work.
(b) He has questions for him.
(c) He refuses to see him.
(d) He stands him up.

8. How many jury members acted as sources for the reporters?
(a) Six.
(b) None.
(c) One.
(d) All of them.

9. With whom do the reporters dine in Chapter 14?
(a) A Newsweek reporter.
(b) A New York Times reporter.
(c) Deep Throat.
(d) A Time magazine reporter.

10. What does Colson deny in Chapter 15?
(a) That he warned the President about the cover-up.
(b) That he was involved in Watergate.
(c) That he will resign.
(d) That Haldeman was involved.

11. What do Gray’s notes do to the Post?
(a) Send its publisher to jail.
(b) Confuse its reporters.
(c) Vindicate it.
(d) Prove its sources wrong.

12. Who destroyed documents from Hunt’s safe?
(a) Colson.
(b) Mitchell.
(c) Hunt.
(d) Gray.

13. When does the Post’s story claim the President was informed about the cover-up?
(a) January.
(b) March.
(c) February.
(d) December.

14. How do the reporters later feel about their reaction to the FBI agent?
(a) Proud.
(b) Good.
(c) Indifferent.
(d) Terrible.

15. What does Segretti claim he did for CRP?
(a) “The big stuff”.
(b) “The little stuff”.
(c) “Nickel and dime stuff”.
(d) “Errands.”

Short Answer Questions

1. Who writes the first part of the article about the unexpected witness at the end of Chapter 14?

2. Who wins the presidential election?

3. Why do Woodward and Bernstein attend a dinner at the White House?

4. What grade does Bradlee initially give Woodward’s story about Butterfield?

5. What do the reporters wonder about Haldeman in Chapter 9?

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