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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Sloan resemble Deep Throat in Chapter 9?
(a) He refuses to talk to the reporters anymore.
(b) He meets with the reporters in an underground garage.
(c) He yells at Woodward.
(d) He refuses to be their source on Haldeman.

2. What does Bernstein want to confirm in Chapter 14?
(a) Hunt’s involvement in Watergate.
(b) Nixon’s involvement in Watergate.
(c) Magruder and Dean’s involvement in Watergate.
(d) Liddy’s involvement in Watergate.

3. What does Deep Throat claim that neither the FBI nor the Post will be able to prove?
(a) That Hunt burned his manuscripts.
(b) That Richard Nixon knew about the break-in.
(c) The guilt of the men on trial for the Watergate break-in.
(d) That Mitchell and Colson were also conspirators in Watergate.

4. Why does Deep Throat tell Woodward that he would warn him off a bad story?
(a) To protect his own job.
(b) Because they are friends.
(c) Out of an ethical duty.
(d) For the integrity of the press.

5. What does Segretti claim he did for CRP?
(a) “Nickel and dime stuff”.
(b) “The little stuff”.
(c) “Errands.”
(d) “The big stuff”.

6. How does Dean’s friend refer to the major Watergate players?
(a) By their first names.
(b) By nicknames.
(c) By their initials.
(d) By their last names.

7. What happens to Haldeman and Ehrlichman in Chapter 16?
(a) They resign.
(b) They are fired.
(c) They keep their jobs.
(d) They give interviews to the press.

8. What does Bernstein not understand at first about the legal ramifications of the President’s involvement?
(a) The ethical issues.
(b) The implications for the nation.
(c) The practical issues.
(d) The constitutional issues.

9. What upsets the reporters about Nixon’s announcement regarding executive privilege in Chapter 14?
(a) It changes the facts of their article.
(b) It is all for show.
(c) It makes Nixon look bad.
(d) It confuses the public.

10. What grade does Bradlee initially give Woodward’s story about Butterfield?
(a) B+.
(b) F.
(c) A.
(d) B-.

11. Why doesn’t Woodward initially receive his subpoena?
(a) He avoids the server.
(b) Someone else pretended to be him.
(c) He was on vacation.
(d) He was not supposed to receive one.

12. Why don’t the reporters publish the Colson/Mitchell article?
(a) Because they received last-minute evidence contradicting it.
(b) Because the evidence is not convincing enough.
(c) Because they don’t both agree about it.
(d) Because Bradlee asked them to take it out.

13. What technique do the reporters use to have their fourth source confirm their story ?
(a) A flag on the balcony.
(b) Counting down from ten.
(c) Using initials.
(d) Morse code.

14. What is the theory presented as to why the men on trial plead guilty?
(a) They anticipate a later pardon.
(b) They don’t understand the legal system.
(c) They are remorseful.
(d) They know they will be caught anyway.

15. What is the code name of Bernstein’s new source?
(a) My Friend.
(b) Z.
(c) Deeper Throat.
(d) Anonymous.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to Sloan, how much was paid out to the Watergate burglars?

2. What do the reporters wonder about Haldeman in Chapter 9?

3. What changes about Deep Throat’s attitude in Chapter 16?

4. What is the tone of Dean’s statement at the beginning of Chapter 15?

5. How many jury members acted as sources for the reporters?

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