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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 Hunt’s position?

3. What is the story that the reporters release in Chapter 5 about?

4. How does the Bookkeeper identify the recipients of money from the security fund?

5. What is the pizza that Ziegler references?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What happens in the Nixon campaign immediately after the burglaries?

3. Why did Sloan resign his position?

4. Who is Donald Segretti?

5. What characterizes Ziegler's response to the allegations?

6. Which campaigns did CRP focus on sabotaging?

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

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

9. How are Woodward and Bernstein different?

10. Why is Donald Segretti important?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

Sloan provides the reporters with a variety of claims and evidence. Detail their relationship to Sloan. At what points do they trust him? Mistrust him? How is this in keeping with his character, as detailed by the book?

Essay Topic 3

Research the trials of major Watergate players as detailed by the last chapter. What were their sentences? How long did they serve? Is this justice, in your opinion? Why or why not?

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