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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 8.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. According to Deep Throat’s first statement, how many people connected to the President worked on subverting other elections?
(a) Fewer than ten.
(b) More than fifty.
(c) Fifty.
(d) Five.

3. At the beginning of the book, how long had Woodward been working at the Post?
(a) Nine weeks.
(b) Nine months.
(c) Three months.
(d) One year.

4. Who was Bernstein’s source that the book compares to Deep Throat?
(a) A jogging partner.
(b) A former staffer at the Post.
(c) The owner of a bike shop.
(d) An ex-girlfriend.

5. What is Chapin’s role at the White House, according to the reporters’ inside contact there?
(a) He is one of the most important people there.
(b) He is in the press office.
(c) He is unimportant.
(d) He has the President’s ear.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was Dahlberg’s position in CRP?

2. What word does Ziegler try to avoid during the press conference in Chapter 8?

3. How does the New York Times make the connection between Segretti and Chapin?

4. How many men broke into the Watergate?

5. What does Bradlee warn the reporters to clean up?

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