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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 15.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What setback had the Post encountered in 1971?
(a) The New York Times had published the Pentagon Papers.
(b) Time Magazine got an interview with the President.
(c) They were scooped on a story about a Vietnam general.
(d) It had gone bankrupt.

2. How much does the Times report was in the fund?
(a) $700,000.
(b) $50,000.
(c) $900,000.
(d) $9,000,000.

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

4. What does Bradlee’s statement in Chapter 9 announce?
(a) That the reporters are on probation.
(b) That the paper has fired the reporters.
(c) That certain facts from the Watergate stories have been recanted.
(d) That the paper stands by its reporters.

5. What does Colson deny in Chapter 15?
(a) That Haldeman was involved.
(b) That he warned the President about the cover-up.
(c) That he will resign.
(d) That he was involved in Watergate.

Short Answer Questions

1. What time does Woodward and Deep Throat’s meeting in Chapter 6 end?

2. How do the reporters react to the FBI agent in Chapter 9?

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

4. How does Bernstein get into the Bookkeeper’s house?

5. What is the theory presented as to why the men on trial plead guilty?

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