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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Rosenfeld initially distrust Young?
(a) He’s never heard of him.
(b) He thinks he’s using a pseudonym.
(c) He thinks he is a hippy.
(d) He thinks he is lying.

2. What is the story that the reporters release in Chapter 5 about?
(a) Mitchell’s control of the funds.
(b) Nixon’s knowledge of the funds.
(c) Haldeman’s control of the funds.
(d) Liddy’s control of the funds.

3. What is the most important name connected with the fund that the reporters have found by Chapter 5?
(a) Mitchell.
(b) Liddy.
(c) Stans.
(d) Haldeman.

4. How does the New York Times make the connection between Segretti and Chapin?
(a) Through telephone tapping.
(b) Through telephone records.
(c) Through an unnamed source.
(d) Through Woodward and Bernstein.

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

6. What is Rosenfeld’s job at the paper?
(a) He is a diplomatic correspondent.
(b) He is the Metro editor.
(c) He is the City editor.
(d) He is a reporter.

7. What does the young Post reporter use to see if Segretti is home?
(a) A letter.
(b) A cigarette.
(c) A napkin.
(d) A matchstick.

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

9. What word does Ziegler try to avoid during the press conference in Chapter 8?
(a) The Post.
(b) Directed.
(c) Involved.
(d) Corruption.

10. How did Woodward set a meeting with Deep Throat?
(a) By waiting on random nights in the garage.
(b) Over the telephone.
(c) By setting up a red flag.
(d) Through his copy of the paper.

11. Whose name comes up in a variety of sources?
(a) Gordon Liddy.
(b) Richard Nixon.
(c) George McGovern.
(d) Sally Harmony.

12. What is the nickname for young reporter?
(a) Champ.
(b) Scout.
(c) Ace.
(d) Buddy.

13. What is John Mitchell’s job?
(a) He is Nixon’s accountant.
(b) He is Nixon’s chief of staff.
(c) He is Nixon’s campaign manager.
(d) He is Nixon’s treasurer.

14. 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.

15. How old were Woodward and Bernstein at the time of the Watergate break-ins?
(a) Early thirties.
(b) Late twenties.
(c) Early twenties.
(d) Late thirties.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What had Bernstein planned on doing instead of the Watergate story?

3. What is Sloan’s current job?

4. How long was the final Woodward/Bernstein article about espionage and sabotage?

5. Why is Bernstein’s contact from #37 angry with him?

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