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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. How do most people on the reporters’ lists react to being contacted?

2. How many men broke into the Watergate?

3. What had Bernstein planned on doing instead of the Watergate story?

4. How does the subject of the reporters’ story in Chapter 5 respond to it?

5. What were the Watergate burglars carrying?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why is Ken Clawson an important figure?

2. What is different about the GAO investigation than previous investigations?

3. What is the problem with the article the reporters write about Baldwin?

4. Who is Donald Segretti?

5. What tips Woodward off at the courtroom that things are more than they seem?

6. Why does Judge Richey's call surprise Bernstein?

7. Who was Deep Throat?

8. Why do they combine their articles?

9. What is strange about the White House librarian's actions?

10. Why did Sloan resign his position?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Choose one major figure in the Watergate scandal. What did he go on to do afterwards? How was his career shaped by his involvement in this scandal?

Essay Topic 2

The Bookkeeper is one of the first major sources the team of reporters has. What information does she provide? What information does this lead to? Why is she important?

Essay Topic 3

Nixon’s men are described as having corrupted other campaigns. Which campaigns, and why? Whom did they consider to be enemies? How did CRP go about trying to take down these enemies?

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