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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 did Dahlberg do with the money he was given?
(a) He turned it over to the treasurer.
(b) He sent it to Mexico.
(c) He kept it.
(d) He gave it to Hunt.

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

3. What does the White House hope to get from the Post?
(a) A retraction and apology.
(b) Their publishing license.
(c) The names of their sources.
(d) Woodward and Bernstein fired.

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

5. Who is Young?
(a) A politician.
(b) A reporter.
(c) A lawyer.
(d) An editor.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Herbert Kalmbach?

2. How does Bernstein get into the Bookkeeper’s house?

3. What word does Ziegler try to avoid during the press conference in Chapter 8?

4. How does the Bookkeeper identify the recipients of money from the security fund?

5. How does the New York Times make the connection between Segretti and Chapin?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does the Bookkeeper help Bernstein link?

2. What is the importance of USC?

3. Why is Donald Segretti important?

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

5. What characterizes Ziegler's response to the allegations?

6. Why is Ken Clawson an important figure?

7. Why was the White House not very concerned about the press?

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

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

10. Why do the reporters continue with the case?

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