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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. Do the reporters think Segretti will do that he does not?
(a) Go to jail.
(b) Act as a background source.
(c) Talk to the FBI.
(d) Go on the record.

2. Who is the reporter’s fourth source about Haldeman’s access to the fund?
(a) An FBI agent.
(b) A lawyer.
(c) Deep Throat.
(d) Sloan.

3. Whom does Bernstein think will win the presidential election?
(a) Muskie.
(b) He does not vote.
(c) McGovern.
(d) Nixon.

4. What is one institution that is NOT mentioned as a CRP target in Chapter 16?
(a) The Brookings Institute.
(b) The Post offices.
(c) The Newsweek offices.
(d) The Time magazine offices.

5. What does the unexpected testimony in question #147 give the prosecution?
(a) Evidence against Nixon.
(b) Evidence against Hunt.
(c) Evidence against Liddy.
(d) Evidence against Dean and Mitchell.

Short Answer Questions

1. What mistake does the FBI contact make on the phone in Chapter 9?

2. How do the reporters react to the FBI agent in Chapter 9?

3. What is the informal name of the group that included Hunt, Liddy, Young, and Krough?

4. Who does Woodward think might be tapping his apartment?

5. What are Bernstein and Woodward unable to substantiate in Chapter 14?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why is Deep Throat so upset about the Haldeman article?

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

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

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

5. Why are the documents Gray provides significant?

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

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

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

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

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

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