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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What happens when Woodward requests an interview with the President?
(a) He is granted the interview, but postponed.
(b) He is given a pre-interview and later denied.
(c) He is unconditionally offered the interview.
(d) He is immediately denied.

2. Where is Woodward when Bernstein gets his subpoena?
(a) At work.
(b) In the Caribbean.
(c) With Bernstein.
(d) At home.

3. Whom does Woodward vote for in the presidential election?
(a) McGovern.
(b) He does not vote.
(c) Nixon.
(d) Muskie.

4. Are Woodward and Bernstein allowed to talk to witnesses at the trial?
(a) They have to take it on a case-by-case basis.
(b) Initially yes, but they are later forbidden to.
(c) Initially no, but they are later allowed to.
(d) Never.

5. What do Gray’s notes prove?
(a) Dean’s involvement with Watergate.
(b) Segretti’s link to the White House.
(c) Nixon’s involvement with secret tapes.
(d) Mitchell’s involvement in the cover-up.

6. Whom does Bernstein vote for in the presidential election?
(a) He does not vote.
(b) McGovern.
(c) Nixon.
(d) Muskie.

7. What are the legal consequences for the reporters of having contacted jury members?
(a) There are no consequences.
(b) They are acquitted.
(c) They are imprisoned.
(d) They are indicted.

8. Who is the reporter’s third source about Haldeman’s access to the fund?
(a) Sloan.
(b) Deep Throat.
(c) A lawyer.
(d) An FBI agent.

9. Why does Deep Throat think that the statement referenced in #115 is obvious?
(a) Because Gray was hired.
(b) Because Liddy and Hunt were hired.
(c) Because Sloan resigned.
(d) Because Mitchell resigned.

10. Who is L. Patrick Gray?
(a) A member of CRP.
(b) The head of the CIA.
(c) The head of the FBI.
(d) A lawyer.

11. What does the unexpected testimony in question #147 give the prosecution?
(a) Evidence against Dean and Mitchell.
(b) Evidence against Nixon.
(c) Evidence against Liddy.
(d) Evidence against Hunt.

12. What does Deep Throat refuse to do for Woodward in Chapter 9?
(a) He refuses to talk to him anymore.
(b) He refuses to talk about Watergate anymore.
(c) He refuses to be his source about Nixon.
(d) He refuses to be his source about Haldeman.

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

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

15. How many jury members acted as sources for the reporters?
(a) None.
(b) One.
(c) Six.
(d) All of them.

Short Answer Questions

1. Do the reporters think Segretti will do that he does not?

2. What technique do the reporters use to have their fourth source confirm their story ?

3. What is the question among reporters in the courthouse?

4. What statement about the President most upsets his aide at the end of Chapter 15?

5. What does Bernstein not understand at first about the legal ramifications of the President’s involvement?

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