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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 12.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What does Deep Throat refuse to do for Woodward in Chapter 9?
(a) He refuses to be his source about Haldeman.
(b) He refuses to talk about Watergate anymore.
(c) He refuses to talk to him anymore.
(d) He refuses to be his source about Nixon.

3. What code name does Bernstein use for the Bookkeeper?
(a) X.
(b) Deep Throat.
(c) “My friend.”
(d) Z.

4. How does the Bookkeeper identify the recipients of money from the security fund?
(a) She agrees to their initials.
(b) She provides their initials.
(c) She provides their last names.
(d) She agrees to their last names.

5. What is the pizza that Ziegler references?
(a) A mis-quoted source that the reporters used.
(b) A factual error that the reporters made.
(c) One of the pranks played on the McGovern campaign.
(d) Code to warn off the reporters.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Woodward find Mrs. Mitchell?

2. How do most people on the reporters’ lists react to being contacted?

3. How do the reporters later feel about their reaction to the FBI agent?

4. Who is the reporter’s fourth source about Haldeman’s access to the fund?

5. Why don’t the reporters publish the Colson/Mitchell article?

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