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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. The break in at the _____________ National Headquarters is first dismissed as a third rate burglary.

2. Where does Phil request to go for his weekend break, even though doctors are concerned and Kay would have been had she seen the suicidal writings of Phil?

3. ___________ has been holding the company together during the years of Phil's decline.

4. Early on, the Post is dragged into Nixon's war against the "eastern establishment _________ press."

5. After a year of widowhood, Kay's _______ grows more bearable to her, but the paper is still difficult.

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Bradlee do in order to help improve the Post staff in his new position?

2. What do none of the guests at the Bohlens' farewell party suspect of JFK, according to Kay?

3. What is the line that Phil uses in his speeches that is still quoted to this day?

4. What does Henry Kissinger want to discuss when he sits down for a lunch with Kay?

5. What does Roger Parkinson suggest when the pressmen strike and attack?

6. Why do the Grahams fly to Los Angeles in early 1962 at the start of this chapter?

7. What does Phil do in order to pay for the purchase of the news magazine for business people?

8. How does Kay feel that some of her feelings of inferiority have been bred into her generation of women?

9. What does the Nixon spokesman first say of the Democratic National Committee Headquarters break-in?

10. What happens when there are union negotiations taking place at the Post?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Politics seem to play a central role in much of the book and for much of Kay's life, even delaying her wedding ceremony for a short while.

Part 1: Why do you think politics is such an important topic to those in Kay's family?

Part 2: How do you feel about the role of politics in your life? Does it play a large or small role?

Part 3: Do you think that politics should be a greater topic of conversation in this society? Why or why not?

Essay Topic 2

At times, it seems that Kay focuses more on the things that have happened to her, as opposed to writing about her internal feelings.

Part 1: Why do you think Kay focuses so much energy on writing about events rather than feelings?

Part 2: Would this memoir have been as enjoyable had it focused more on feelings? Why or why not?

Part 3: What does the writing style of the book have to say about Kay as a person?

Essay Topic 3

Throughout the book, Kay talks about the various political leaders her husband and she entertain.

Part 1: Why do you think Kay and Phil felt it was important to meet with important political leaders?

Part 2: Do you think that meeting with political leaders might sway the writing of the Post? Why or why not?

Part 3: How do you feel about these famous political leaders after reading about them in Kay's book?

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