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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. What is the most important name connected with the fund that the reporters have found by Chapter 5?

2. Why is Bernstein’s contact from #37 angry with him?

3. What story do the reporters publish in Chapter 7?

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

5. What number does Deep Throat amend his response to #57 to?

Short Essay Questions

1. How are Woodward and Bernstein different?

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

3. Who is Donald Segretti?

4. What kind of denials does the White House issue?

5. Why did Sloan resign his position?

6. Who was Deep Throat?

7. Why is Donald Segretti important?

8. How does Deep Throat treat Woodward?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Many characters are terrified to name Haldeman in connection with Watergate and the cover-up. Why is this? Who was Haldeman, and what was his position? Why might even powerful sources, such as Deep Throat, hesitate to name him?

Essay Topic 2

Examine the timeline of the Watergate events. What were the main tipping points? The most significant events?

Essay Topic 3

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?

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