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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 time does Woodward and Deep Throat’s meeting in Chapter 6 end?

2. What is Sloan’s current job?

3. What is the term that Deep Throat uses to describe CRP’s subterfuge tactics?

4. What is unique about the sandwich shop where Bernstein meets his source?

5. What is Rosenfeld’s job at the paper?

Short Essay Questions

1. Which campaigns did CRP focus on sabotaging?

2. Why is Donald Segretti important?

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

4. What does the Bookkeeper help Bernstein link?

5. How does Deep Throat treat Woodward?

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

7. Why was the White House not very concerned about the press?

8. Why do they combine their articles?

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

10. Why do the reporters continue with the case?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Describe the Watergate break-in itself. Why was this such a big deal? Why did it require months of investigation afterwards? How does this speak to the political system in the United States?

Essay Topic 2

At several points, the Canuck Letter is said to have cost Muskie the campaign. What was the Canuck Letter? Why was it damaging to Muskie’s campaign? Where did it originate from, and what theories emerge regarding its provenance?

Essay Topic 3

Press Secretary Ziegler becomes a major character towards the end of the book. Why is he important? What is the press secretary’s role for the White House? Describe the problems he faces with the issue of Nixon’s erased tape, and their significance.

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