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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. Why do the reporters use the technique in #87 ?
(a) To protect the source’s identity.
(b) To make the source more willing to talk.
(c) To protect the source’s job.
(d) To confuse the source.

2. Who writes the first part of the article about the unexpected witness at the end of Chapter 14?
(a) Meyer.
(b) Bernstein.
(c) Bradlee.
(d) Woodward.

3. Who unexpectedly helps the prosecution at the end of Chapter 14?
(a) Hunt.
(b) Liddy.
(c) Colson.
(d) Magruder.

4. Who confirms the infiltration from question #126?
(a) George Gorton.
(b) Deep Throat.
(c) The student himself.
(d) Ziegler.

5. What technique do the reporters use to have their fourth source confirm their story ?
(a) Morse code.
(b) Using initials.
(c) A flag on the balcony.
(d) Counting down from ten.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Segretti claim he did for CRP?

2. What is one document from Hunt’s safe that was destroyed?

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

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

5. What is the theory presented as to why the men on trial plead guilty?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Why are the reporters relieved about Judge Sirica's handling of their approaching jurors?

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

4. Why would the President want to ‘destroy’ the Post?

5. What has changed about Haldeman’s relationship to the President in Chapter 15?

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

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

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

9. What do the reporters believe about Segretti?

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

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