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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who told the New York Times of Weinstein, "He's now experiencing all the things he's put everybody else through: humiliation, worthlessness, fear, weakness, aloneness, loss, suffering and embarrassment" (217)?
(a) Cynthia Burr.
(b) Rebecca Corbett.
(c) Geraldine Hatcher.
(d) Donna Gigliotti.

2. What new and final deadline did the New York Times present to the Weinstein Team prior to publication of the article regarding his sexual misconduct, according to the narrative in Chapter 7?
(a) October 4, 1:00 p.m.
(b) October 6, 1:00 p.m.
(c) October 5, 3:00 p.m.
(d) October 5, 1:00 p.m.

3. Charles Harder successfully shut down the gossip website Gawker, suing it into bankruptcy, on behalf of what celebrity over a sex tape?
(a) Sandeep Rehal.
(b) Gerald Hatcher.
(c) Mary Regency.
(d) Hulk Hogan.

4. What is the parent company to the National Enquirer?
(a) American Media Inc.
(b) The Walt Disney Copmany.
(c) New Corp.
(d) Viacom, Inc.

5. How old was Kim Lawson when she spoke to Jodi Kantor about sexual harassment?
(a) 25.
(b) 20.
(c) 32.
(d) 19.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where was Kim Lawson living when she spoke to Jodi Kantor about sexual harassment?

2. How old was Christine Blasey Ford when she came out with allegations against Judge Brett Kavanaugh?

3. According to the authors in Chapter 8, Jodi Kantor and two colleagues broke a story about what comedy megastar who was accused of sexual misconduct by at least five women and then went on to lose all public credibility?

4. What is the title of Chapter 5?

5. What injectible erectile dysfunction drug did Harvey Weinstein take, often before his meetings with women?

Short Essay Questions

1. What allegations did Christine Blasey Ford make regarding her past with Judge Brett Kavanaugh?

2. What circumstances prevented Gwyneth Paltrow from coming forward in the first NY Times article on Weinstein?

3. How did the articles in Variety and the Hollywood Reporter help the authors regarding their first article on Weinstein?

4. Why did Christine Blasey Ford step forward regarding her past experience with Brett Kavanaugh?

5. What led Laura Madden to decide to go on the record in the first Weinstein article by the NY Times?

6. What was Lauren O'Connor's position in connection to Harvey Weinstein? When did she leave the company?

7. What was the title of the first article in the NY Times regarding Harvey Weinstein's alleged sexual misconduct? How did the public respond to its publication?

8. What allegations did Ambra Battilana Gutierrez make of Harvey Weinstein?

9. Who is David Glasser and what involvement did he have with the Times article?

10. What was Lance Maerov's position in connection with Harvey Weinstein?

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