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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What technique do the reporters use to have their fourth source confirm their story ?
(a) Using initials.
(b) Morse code.
(c) A flag on the balcony.
(d) Counting down from ten.

2. What does Deep Throat refuse to do for Woodward in Chapter 9?
(a) He refuses to talk to him anymore.
(b) He refuses to talk about Watergate anymore.
(c) He refuses to be his source about Nixon.
(d) He refuses to be his source about Haldeman.

3. Who wins the presidential election?
(a) McGovern.
(b) Muskie.
(c) It is unclear.
(d) Nixon.

4. What is the code name of Bernstein’s new source?
(a) My Friend.
(b) Anonymous.
(c) Z.
(d) Deeper Throat.

5. What is unusual about McCord?
(a) He is willing to talk to the Post.
(b) He is the only one of the burglars to turn on his superiors.
(c) He did not take part in the Watergate break-in.
(d) He is lying.

6. What group did the George Washington University student infiltrate?
(a) The Quakers.
(b) The Hippies.
(c) The CRP.
(d) The McGovern campaign.

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

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

9. What does the unexpected testimony in question #147 give the prosecution?
(a) Evidence against Dean and Mitchell.
(b) Evidence against Nixon.
(c) Evidence against Liddy.
(d) Evidence against Hunt.

10. What is the nickname for the men on trial?
(a) The Men from Miami.
(b) The Watergate Seven.
(c) The Watergate Five.
(d) The Cubans.

11. What is the question among reporters in the courthouse?
(a) What will be the outcome of the trial?
(b) Why did the judge let Woodward and Bernstein go?
(c) To whom was the judge referring?
(d) What will the judge do next?

12. What is the second document from Hunt’s safe that was destroyed?
(a) Background information on JFK.
(b) Background information on the Post.
(c) Background information on Nixon.
(d) Background information on Ted Kennedy.

13. According to Deep Throat, what is the current attitude at the White House?
(a) Repentant.
(b) Confident.
(c) Desperate.
(d) Confused.

14. How much does the Times report was in the fund?
(a) $700,000.
(b) $9,000,000.
(c) $50,000.
(d) $900,000.

15. How does Sloan resemble Deep Throat in Chapter 9?
(a) He refuses to talk to the reporters anymore.
(b) He refuses to be their source on Haldeman.
(c) He meets with the reporters in an underground garage.
(d) He yells at Woodward.

Short Answer Questions

1. Whom does Bernstein think will win the presidential election?

2. According to Sloan, how much was paid out to the Watergate burglars?

3. What happens when Woodward requests an interview with the President?

4. What is Senator Ervin’s opinion of Nixon’s men?

5. Whom does Kissinger contact at the Post when he is angry?

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