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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 5.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. For whom does Howard Hunt work directly?
(a) Colson.
(b) Mitchell.
(c) Dean.
(d) Nixon.

2. What do reporters at the newsroom tease Bernstein about during the investigation into CRP’s checks?
(a) His tendency to push deadlines.
(b) His friendship with Woodward.
(c) His last-minute revisions.
(d) His level of Spanish.

3. What had Bernstein planned on doing instead of the Watergate story?
(a) He was doing background research for Woodward.
(b) He was going to investigate CRP anyway.
(c) He was going to take a long vacation.
(d) He planned on working on another story.

4. What action of his own does Bernstein question in Chapter 5?
(a) Annoying his contacts.
(b) Approaching Sloan in the first place.
(c) Using the Bookkeeper as a source.
(d) Sending Mrs. Sloan flowers.

5. Why is Bernstein’s contact from #37 angry with him?
(a) He is a Republican.
(b) He thinks he is making up stories.
(c) He wants to be left alone.
(d) He thinks he has been accessing confidential files.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Sloan’s current job?

2. What was the first link between the burglars and the White House?

3. What nickname did the two reporters acquire at the Post?

4. In what year did the Watergate break-in take place?

5. How does Howard Hunt respond to the story about the burglars’ connection to the White House?

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