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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 does Dean’s friend refer to the major Watergate players?
(a) By their initials.
(b) By their last names.
(c) By their first names.
(d) By nicknames.

2. Why does Deep Throat think that the statement referenced in #115 is obvious?
(a) Because Liddy and Hunt were hired.
(b) Because Sloan resigned.
(c) Because Gray was hired.
(d) Because Mitchell resigned.

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

4. What does Sloan refuse to confirm?
(a) His own access to the fund.
(b) The story as written.
(c) That Haldeman had access to the fund.
(d) Any of his previous statements.

5. Why does Deep Throat tell Woodward that he would warn him off a bad story?
(a) To protect his own job.
(b) Because they are friends.
(c) Out of an ethical duty.
(d) For the integrity of the press.

Short Answer Questions

1. What technique do the reporters use to have their fourth source confirm their story ?

2. What does the Senator want that Woodward can’t provide him?

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

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

5. What does Butterfield reveal in Chapter 16?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. Why does CRP try to recruit university students?

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

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

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

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

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

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

10. Why are the documents Gray provides significant?

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