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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The guild continues to rally the_______, but it seems to pull an unwise stunt every time resolve begins to falter.
(a) Managers
(b) Accountants
(c) Writers
(d) Editors

2. Who takes Phil out of his/her will once his affair is brought to light?
(a) Mother
(b) Ernest
(c) Kay
(d) Father

3. Kay's goal is for politicians and other US officials to begin to see journalists as ____________.
(a) Bi-partisan
(b) Lovers
(c) Friends
(d) Partisan

4. Who is the reporter who has distinguished himself as conscientious, hardworking and driven at the time of the break in though he's only been at the Post for a few months?
(a) Spiro Agnew
(b) Ben Bradlee
(c) Carl Bernstein
(d) Bob Woodward

5. Kay says she should have __________ the letter where AG John Mitchell called the Post 'the best paper in the country.'
(a) Burned
(b) Framed
(c) Hid
(d) Not opened

6. Kay cares about the ________ and keeping it in the family, so she has to make it work.
(a) House
(b) Car
(c) Graham name
(d) Paper

7. Men and women typically __________ after dinner in Washington, but as Kay rebels, the practice disappears all over Washington.
(a) Leave
(b) Come together
(c) Segregate
(d) Drink

8. JFK appoints Phil to incorporate ________ a groundbreaking public/private enterprise.
(a) COMSAT
(b) TELESTAT
(c) FINCOM
(d) Freedom Management

9. Where do the Grahams fly to finalize the formation of the Los Angeles Times-Washington Post News Service?
(a) Los Angeles
(b) Washington DC
(c) San Francisco
(d) Boston

10. Kay gives _________ broad autonomy and he is not bothered by her higher profile.
(a) Hamilton
(b) Warren
(c) Simmons
(d) Don

11. Nixon suggests that Kay invite ___________ to an editorial luncheon to brief editors on Vietnam policy.
(a) Steve Truman
(b) Henry Kissinger
(c) Lyndon Johnson
(d) Spiro Agnew

12. That Nixon keeps _________ in 1971 to 1972 becomes known, though Kay cannot remember if she was on it.
(a) An enemies list
(b) A friends list
(c) A kill list
(d) A media list

13. Ignatius proves mismatched for the job of Post ___________ and is replaced by John Prescott.
(a) Publisher
(b) President
(c) Reporter manager
(d) Editor

14. Who is the elected prime minister of Great Britain whom Kay is linked with romantically?
(a) Edward Heath
(b) Tony Blair
(c) Gordon Brown
(d) Margaret Thatcher

15. After a year of widowhood, Kay's _______ grows more bearable to her, but the paper is still difficult.
(a) Low self esteem
(b) Home life
(c) Lack of a partner
(d) Grief

Short Answer Questions

1. Beebe dies of ______ the day after listening to Nixon's speech and giving a last hurrah from his hospital bed.

2. Reston and the New York Times detect ___________ in the South but agree to kill the story for the White House.

3. The Post acquires Kaplan ___________ and stock shares in various newspapers in order to secure its financial stability.

4. Kay resents ____________'s unwillingness to accept her, but is intimidated and defers to his ideas.

5. Kay is told it will take her __________ years to win the people's hearts from the Vietcong.

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