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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 cigarette.
(b) A letter.
(c) A napkin.
(d) A matchstick.

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

3. How long was the final Woodward/Bernstein article about espionage and sabotage?
(a) Fifty paragraphs.
(b) Sixty-five paragraphs.
(c) One paragraph.
(d) One page.

4. In what media outlet does Ehrlichman make his denial?
(a) In print.
(b) In a press release.
(c) On the radio.
(d) On television.

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

6. What is Sloan’s current job?
(a) He is unemployed.
(b) He works for CRP.
(c) He is an independent consultant.
(d) He works for the White House.

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

8. How many men agents did the FBI assign to the Watergate investigation?
(a) One hundred and fifty.
(b) One.
(c) A dozen.
(d) One hundred.

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

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

11. What number does Deep Throat amend his response to #57 to?
(a) Five.
(b) Fewer than ten.
(c) More than fifty.
(d) Fifty.

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Rosenfeld’s job at the paper?

2. Who is Bill Mooney?

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

4. How old were Woodward and Bernstein at the time of the Watergate break-ins?

5. What is the story that the reporters release in Chapter 5 about?

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