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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 19.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Mother finds the women of Washington intellectually _______ but enjoys their luncheon debates.
(a) Backward
(b) Reprehensible
(c) Dull
(d) Superior

2. How many pages has the purchased publication shrunk to when Eugene buys it?
(a) 18
(b) 50
(c) 20
(d) 100

3. What is the first name of the woman that Eugene decided to marry two years after meeting her?
(a) Agnes
(b) Katharine
(c) Maria
(d) Kay

4. ___________ has been holding the company together during the years of Phil's decline.
(a) Father
(b) Beebe
(c) Bradlee
(d) Cissy

5. Kay believes it is difficult to appraise what kind of president _________ might have been had he lived longer.
(a) LBJ
(b) John F. Kennedy
(c) Spiro Agnew
(d) FDR

Short Answer Questions

1. Phil has stated before that journalism is the ____________ of history.

2. Wiggins is bothered by the advance knowledge of Diem's _____________ in 1963.

3. In 1941, _____________ declares the Washington Post a journal of national importance.

4. To where do Agnes and Eugene finally move their children to live?

5. Kay decides to roll bandages for the ____________ as she is bored with typing and shorthand classes.

(see the answer key)

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