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

2. What mistake does the FBI contact make on the phone in Chapter 9?
(a) He confuses Haldeman’s last name.
(b) He confuses the names of two aides.
(c) He confuses Haldeman’s first name.
(d) He admits that he told his boss he is informing the reporters.

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

4. What is unusual about McCord?
(a) He is lying.
(b) He did not take part in the Watergate break-in.
(c) He is willing to talk to the Post.
(d) He is the only one of the burglars to turn on his superiors.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Liddy remark during the trial?

2. Who confirms the infiltration from question #126?

3. In what format does Bernstein get the names of the Watergate trial jurors?

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

5. How does Dean feel about going to jail, according to his friend?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does the book describe Haldeman's relationship to CRP?

2. What is the reporters’ attitude towards the information coming out about John Dean?

3. Why does Nixon reference Cambodia in his public statement?

4. What does Woodward think Deep Throat is warning him about, in the worst case scenario?

5. Was it illegal for the reporters to approach jurors?

6. What is the significance of the President’s ‘whitewash’ comment?

7. What is notable about the process server who finally finds Bernstein?

8. What is Haldeman's main mode of operation, according to the reporters?

9. Why is Kissinger angry at Woodward?

10. What is Judge Sirica's attitude towards the testimony at the trial he is running?

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