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

2. Why don’t the reporters publish the Colson/Mitchell article?
(a) Because Bradlee asked them to take it out.
(b) Because the evidence is not convincing enough.
(c) Because they don’t both agree about it.
(d) Because they received last-minute evidence contradicting it.

3. What does Butterfield reveal in Chapter 16?
(a) Nixon paid to get out of going to jail.
(b) Nixon taped himself.
(c) He was the leader of CRP.
(d) Colson went off the tracks.

4. What is the question among reporters in the courthouse?
(a) Why did the judge let Woodward and Bernstein go?
(b) What will the judge do next?
(c) To whom was the judge referring?
(d) What will be the outcome of the trial?

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is strange about Deep Throat’s meeting with Woodward in Chapter 13?

2. What happens when Woodward requests an interview with the President?

3. Are Woodward and Bernstein allowed to talk to witnesses at the trial?

4. What does Woodward ask for from Shapiro and Colson?

5. How do the reporters later feel about their reaction to the FBI agent?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why do the reporters consider Gray’s appointment ill-timed?

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

3. How does the White House aide feel about Dean’s upcoming statement regarding the President?

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

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

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

7. Why are the documents Gray provides significant?

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

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

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

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