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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. How many men broke into the Watergate?
(a) Three.
(b) Five.
(c) Six.
(d) Four.

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

5. What was strange about John Mitchell’s resignation from office?
(a) He was ill.
(b) He didn’t tell anyone.
(c) He genuinely wanted to spend time with his family.
(d) He was a very ambitious man.

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

7. Whom does Bernstein call in Chapter 7?
(a) Nixon supporters.
(b) McGovern supporters.
(c) Muskie supporters.
(d) Undecided voters.

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

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

10. What were the Watergate burglars carrying?
(a) Photo equipment and electronic gear.
(b) Tapes of confidential conversations.
(c) Bags of money.
(d) Budget memos.

11. Why is Bernstein’s contact from #37 angry with him?
(a) He thinks he is making up stories.
(b) He wants to be left alone.
(c) He is a Republican.
(d) He thinks he has been accessing confidential files.

12. What does Sloan tell the reporters about the money in Chapter 8?
(a) Only one person really controls the fund.
(b) He was lying about it.
(c) They’ve closed down the fund.
(d) The money is all in one fund.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What action of his own does Bernstein question in Chapter 5?

2. What number does Deep Throat amend his response to #57 to?

3. Whose name comes up in a variety of sources?

4. How many men agents did the FBI assign to the Watergate investigation?

5. Who was Bernstein’s source that the book compares to Deep Throat?

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