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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the colloquial term that CRP used for its subterfuge tactics?
(a) Ratfucking.
(b) Black Ops.
(c) Necessary Evils.
(d) Motherfucking.

2. What does the White House hope to get from the Post?
(a) Woodward and Bernstein fired.
(b) The names of their sources.
(c) A retraction and apology.
(d) Their publishing license.

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

4. How does Bernstein confirm the information that Sloan gave him?
(a) Through Woodward.
(b) Through a contact in the FBI.
(c) Through Deep Throat.
(d) Through a contact at the Justice Department.

5. What regarding Sloan makes Bernstein panic in Chapter 5?
(a) His new attitude.
(b) The suspicion that he may not have the facts.
(c) Learning that he never worked for CRP.
(d) His disappearance.

6. Who is Bill Mooney?
(a) A pseudonym.
(b) A White House staffer.
(c) A lawyer.
(d) A CRP staffer.

7. What was the first link between the burglars and the White House?
(a) The lawyers.
(b) McCord.
(c) An anonymous source.
(d) The address books.

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

9. What name does Sloan give to the fund?
(a) The Black Ops fund.
(b) The Ratfucking fund.
(c) The Special Operations fund.
(d) The Special Projects fund.

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

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

12. How does Howard Hunt respond to the story about the burglars’ connection to the White House?
(a) Jesus.
(b) Do your worst.
(c) We’ll deny everything.
(d) Good God!

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

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

15. How does the subject of the reporters’ story in Chapter 5 respond to it?
(a) He has no comment.
(b) He is furious.
(c) He is terrified.
(d) He is relieved.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Chapin’s job at the White House?

2. Who from CRP directly responded to the Watergate articles?

3. What is Sloan’s current job?

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

5. Whom does Moore first contact?

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