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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 Woodward think Graham is trying to tell him?
(a) That she needs them to stop covering the story.
(b) That she thinks he has invented sources.
(c) That she loves their coverage of Watergate.
(d) That the reporters need to be careful in the future.

2. What statement about the President most upsets his aide at the end of Chapter 15?
(a) That he will be impeached.
(b) That he is a liar.
(c) That he is going to jail.
(d) That Dean will claim he is a crook.

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

4. What changes about Deep Throat’s attitude in Chapter 16?
(a) He is quiet.
(b) He is anxious.
(c) He is confident.
(d) He is happy.

5. What grade does Bradlee initially give Woodward’s story about Butterfield?
(a) B+.
(b) B-.
(c) F.
(d) A.

Short Answer Questions

1. With whom do the reporters dine in Chapter 14?

2. Who confirms the infiltration from question #126?

3. What does Butterfield reveal in Chapter 16?

4. What is the second document from Hunt’s safe that was destroyed?

5. Who is the reporter’s fourth source about Haldeman’s access to the fund?

Short Essay Questions

1. What do the reporters believe about Segretti?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

9. Why does CRP try to recruit university students?

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

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