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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was Dean’s attitude towards the Post coverage of Watergate?
(a) He was annoyed by it.
(b) He respected it.
(c) He was infuriated by it.
(d) He loved it.

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

3. What happens with the CRP’s subpoenas in Chapter 13?
(a) They are thrown out of court.
(b) They require the recipients to go to court.
(c) They are upheld as constitutional.
(d) They are seriously questioned by legal scholars.

4. Why do Woodward and Bernstein attend a dinner at the White House?
(a) To talk to the new attorney general.
(b) To interview the President.
(c) To receive awards.
(d) To help Bradlee.

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

6. When does the Post’s story claim the President was informed about the cover-up?
(a) February.
(b) January.
(c) December.
(d) March.

7. What does Sloan’s attorney say about Sloan’s denial?
(a) That he was right.
(b) That he didn’t mean it.
(c) That it is specific to this story.
(d) That he denies the denial.

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

9. What does Woodward think Graham is trying to tell him?
(a) That she loves their coverage of Watergate.
(b) That she needs them to stop covering the story.
(c) That she thinks he has invented sources.
(d) That the reporters need to be careful in the future.

10. What do Woodward and Bernstein later regret about their coverage of Segretti?
(a) The layout of the article.
(b) The sources of the article.
(c) The tone of the article.
(d) The reception of the article.

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

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

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

14. With whom do the reporters dine in Chapter 14?
(a) A New York Times reporter.
(b) A Time magazine reporter.
(c) A Newsweek reporter.
(d) Deep Throat.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the informal name of the group that included Hunt, Liddy, Young, and Krough?

2. How much money would Nixon have devoted to the Post take-down?

3. According to Deep Throat, what is the current attitude at the White House?

4. What happens to Dean in Chapter 16?

5. What mistake does the FBI contact make on the phone in Chapter 9?

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