Free Personal History Quiz

1)

Kay begins to write the __________ section of the Sunday Post while Phil is busy at work. (from Chapter 9)

Sports

Entertainment

Society

Brains

2)

Newsweek loses money and diverts talent to its ill-conceived launching of ___________. (from Chapter 27)

Everett Herald

Inside Sports

ESPN

News Today

3)

What position does Phil take in order to learn the newspaper business at the top? (from Chapter 11)

Deputy

Editor

Publisher

Printer

4)

To where does Phil transfer when he finds the Office of Strategic Services too political? (from Chapter 10)

Marines

Navy

Peace Corps

Air corps

5)

The ____________, unlike Father, cannot subsidize the losses of the paper and are fortunate the CBS radio operation is profitable. (from Chapter 12)

McCarthys

Bradlees

Grahams

Meyers

6)

What is the publication that Phil decides to buy to help strengthen the Post company? (from Chapter 15)

Chicago Tribune

Newsweek

San Francisco Chronicle

Time Magazine

7)

Kay leaves it to ____________ to decide whether to invest in cable television news, which is not pursued. (from Chapter 27)

Ben Bradlee

John Prescott

Warren Buffet

The board

8)

The Post acquires Kaplan ___________ and stock shares in various newspapers in order to secure its financial stability. (from Chapter 28)

Media

Marketing

Educational Centers

Cellular Phones

9)

Kay takes a great part in ______________ when not attending to Phil and to his recovery. (from Chapter 14)

Her father's care

The newspaper

The work of her mother

Social causes

10)

___________ is a difficult baby and Kay has to lean on her three-year-old, Lally, for assistance. (from Chapter 11)

Joseph

Ron

Donny

Ruth

11)

Men and women typically __________ after dinner in Washington, but as Kay rebels, the practice disappears all over Washington. (from Chapter 21)

Come together

Drink

Leave

Segregate

12)

Phil pressures John F. Kennedy to __________ taxes in order to boost the economy, a move which is successful. (from Chapter 16)

Cut

Balance

Raise

Offset

13)

What is the newspaper that the Post buys in order to help strengthen the company? (from Chapter 12)

New York Times

Times-Herald

New Yorker

Chicago Tribune

14)

It comes out that Nixon has a _____________ about which he has apparently forgotten. (from Chapter 24)

Voice-activated taping system

Paper trail

Secret video

Journal

15)

What do Phil and Kay call their baby, who is causing Kay to be on bedrest to avoid another miscarriage? (from Chapter 10)

Cookie

Plum

Sweetness

Petunia

16)

Kay's friend Polly Wisner's husband also ___________, just as Kay's husband Phil did. (from Chapter 20)

Commits suicide

Has an affair

Likes the country

Runs a paper

17)

That Nixon keeps _________ in 1971 to 1972 becomes known, though Kay cannot remember if she was on it. (from Chapter 24)

An enemies list

A kill list

A friends list

A media list

18)

What is the title that Kay assumes when she becomes an active leader in the Post? (from Chapter 18)

Editor

Board member

President

Chairperson

19)

The _________ staff at the Washington Post continues to work as usual during the upheaval. (from Chapter 26)

Management

Editorial

Janitorial

Cartoon

20)

Kay gives _________ broad autonomy and he is not bothered by her higher profile. (from Chapter 28)

Don

Simmons

Warren

Hamilton

21)

____________ can still function when he needs to, through correspondence, memos, and telephone. (from Chapter 14)

Ben

Eugene

Don

Phil

22)

Kay hesitates, but eventually accepts an invitation to cruise the Greek islands with ____________. (from Chapter 19)

Truman Capote

Rollo May

Henry Kissinger

Carl Jung

23)

Where do the Grahams fly to finalize the formation of the Los Angeles Times-Washington Post News Service? (from Chapter 16)

San Francisco

Boston

Los Angeles

Washington DC

24)

Kay realizes that Capote only wants her around at his party in order to re-energize after ______________. (from Chapter 20)

His dog's death

Dreamcatchers

In Cold Blood

A bad breakup

25)

Kay decides to roll bandages for the ____________ as she is bored with typing and shorthand classes. (from Chapter 10)

Red Cross