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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. How much money would Nixon have devoted to the Post take-down?
(a) None.
(b) Less than $1,000,000.
(c) Incidental funds.
(d) $5,000,000.

2. What is the nickname for the men on trial?
(a) The Men from Miami.
(b) The Cubans.
(c) The Watergate Five.
(d) The Watergate Seven.

3. What does the Senator want that Woodward can’t provide him?
(a) Information about his next article.
(b) Evidence about Colson.
(c) The names of his sources.
(d) Testimony at the inquiry.

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

5. What is strange about Deep Throat’s meeting with Woodward in Chapter 13?
(a) They meet at a bar.
(b) He doesn’t show up.
(c) It is longer than usual.
(d) Woodward stands his source up.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Deep Throat do to Woodward in Chapter 9?

2. What does Bradlee’s statement in Chapter 9 announce?

3. Why does Deep Throat think that the statement referenced in #115 is obvious?

4. When does the Post’s story claim the President was informed about the cover-up?

5. What grade does Bradlee initially give Woodward’s story about Butterfield?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Woodward’s CRP source change in Chapter 14?

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

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

4. What does the Post do to try to avoid surveillance?

5. Given Bernstein's voting - in the election and the poll - what does he think of McGovern?

6. What do the reporters suspect happened to the slush funds after June 17th?

7. What does Bernstein instruct Bradlee to do on the phone?

8. Why does McCord write his letter to the judge?

9. What characterizes Hunt's friend, whom Woodward lunches with?

10. Why are the reporters upset with the Post’s coverage of Nixon’s policy change in Chapter 14?

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