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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Kay continues to lean heavily on _______ who helps her with running her company and keeping it financially secure.
(a) Buffet
(b) Bradlee
(c) Mother
(d) Cissy

2. Kay looks forward to Prescott getting rid of the ______________ approach prevalent at the paper.
(a) Fly by the seat of one's pants
(b) Fire prevention
(c) Crisis management
(d) Fire fighting

3. The break in at the _____________ National Headquarters is first dismissed as a third rate burglary.
(a) Green Party
(b) Democratic
(c) Post
(d) Republican

4. When Kay gets Newsweek to feature the _______________, it is the worst selling issue of the year.
(a) Korean War
(b) Vietnam War
(c) Third World
(d) Cast of MASH

5. 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

6. To what movement is Kay finally awakening, causing her to take action for the cause?
(a) Women's
(b) Black's
(c) Drug control
(d) Health care

7. Wiggins is bothered by the advance knowledge of Diem's _____________ in 1963.
(a) Assassination
(b) War
(c) Coup
(d) Border agreement

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

9. Who is poised to take over Kay's position at the Post, though she is concerned about the timing?
(a) Lally
(b) Buffet
(c) Don
(d) Ruth

10. What does Mother do with Kay in order to take her mind off thinking about Phil's suicide?
(a) Takes her on a cruise
(b) Lets her cry on her shoulder
(c) Stays at the house with her
(d) Lets her move home

11. Kay is certain that the Post and Newsweek will go harder on ____________ because of her friendship.
(a) Kissinger
(b) Beebe
(c) Bradlee
(d) Nixon

12. Kay says that she likes Bush Sr. personally, but Newsweek labels him a _____________.
(a) Poor leader
(b) Wimp
(c) Easy target
(d) War monger

13. Phil pressures John F. Kennedy to __________ taxes in order to boost the economy, a move which is successful.
(a) Cut
(b) Offset
(c) Balance
(d) Raise

14. What does Dr. Farber refuse to do in relation to Phil's mental disorder?
(a) Treat Phil
(b) Label his affliction
(c) Come to the house for therapy sessions
(d) Talk to Kay

15. Kay is told it will take her __________ years to win the people's hearts from the Vietcong.
(a) Five
(b) Two
(c) Ten
(d) Fifteen

Short Answer Questions

1. 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?

2. Kay realizes that the Post has no ___________ within four levels of her own position.

3. Kay is advised to fight for the Post and to prepare ___________ to inherit the paper by clerking during the summer.

4. Where do the Grahams fly to finalize the formation of the Los Angeles Times-Washington Post News Service?

5. Kay leaves it to ____________ to decide whether to invest in cable television news, which is not pursued.

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