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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Where were the majority of the Watergate burglars from?
(a) Washington D.C.
(b) New York.
(c) Miami.
(d) California.

3. What is the term that Deep Throat uses to describe CRP’s subterfuge tactics?
(a) Games.
(b) Ratfucking.
(c) Necessary Evils.
(d) Black Ops.

4. 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.

5. What is the pizza that Ziegler references?
(a) One of the pranks played on the McGovern campaign.
(b) A factual error that the reporters made.
(c) A mis-quoted source that the reporters used.
(d) Code to warn off the reporters.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was Dahlberg’s position in CRP?

2. How many men broke into the Watergate?

3. What code name does Bernstein use for the Bookkeeper?

4. How does Bernstein confirm the information that Sloan gave him?

5. What had Bernstein planned on doing instead of the Watergate story?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why is Donald Segretti important?

2. What is the importance of USC?

3. What does the Bookkeeper help Bernstein link?

4. What happens in the Nixon campaign immediately after the burglaries?

5. What kind of denials does the White House issue?

6. Why don't the reporters interview Baldwin?

7. Why does Judge Richey's call surprise Bernstein?

8. What is strange about the White House librarian's actions?

9. Which campaigns did CRP focus on sabotaging?

10. What is different about the GAO investigation than previous investigations?

(see the answer keys)

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