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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. Charles Harder successfully shut down the gossip website Gawker, suing it into bankruptcy, on behalf of what celebrity over a sex tape?

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

3. What celebrity chef fell from grace due to allegations of sexual misconduct in 2017/2018?

4. When did the Democrats confirm Sonia Sotomayor to the Supreme Court?

5. On what date did Jodi Kantor first email Irwin Reiter regarding Harvey Weinstein?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. How was Irwin Reiter connected to Weinstein? How did he become involved in the New York Times story?

4. How did Bob Weinstein perceive his brother's actions toward women?

5. What actress was Harvey Weinstein obsessed with knowing about having involvement in the NY Times article? Why?

6. What actions did the exeuctive board at The Weinstein Company take upon the publication of the NY Times' first article on Weinstein's sexual misconduct allegations?

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

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

9. How did Lauren O'Connor respond when learning that the Times had accessed her memo to the executives of The Weinstein Company?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the statements made by Rose McGowan and their impact. How did McGowan's claims lead to repercussions for Harvey Weinstein? What risks did McGowan take in stepping forward? How did her allegations change her life?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the aftermath of the New York Times' initial article focusing on the alleged sexual misconduct of Harvey Weinstein at The Weinstein Company. How did the board members react to the allegations? What was Weinstein's stance regarding how to go forward? When did the company collapse?

Essay Topic 3

How do the authors characterize the time period when they began their investigation into allegations against Harvey Weinstein? How had circumstances for women in the workplace changed in recent years? What stories about sexual harassment in the workplace had recently come to light through news media outlets? How did those pieces pave the way for change?

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