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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. Who is Bill Mooney?

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

3. What word does Ziegler try to avoid during the press conference in Chapter 8?

4. What is CRP?

5. What was Dahlberg’s position in CRP?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. Which campaigns did CRP focus on sabotaging?

5. Why do the reporters continue with the case?

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

7. What does the Bookkeeper help Bernstein link?

8. Why don't the reporters interview Baldwin?

9. What is the importance of USC?

10. Why is Ken Clawson an important figure?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Deep Throat provides many important clues and confirmations throughout the book. Who was Deep Throat? What was his role in real life? What did he risk going to Woodward with the information that he did?

Essay Topic 2

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 3

Many members of the Nixon White House were involved in both CRP and the cover-up of Watergate. Which members were they, and what were their roles? How does this speak to the necessary skills needed for the campaign?

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