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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 Young?

2. What is the colloquial term that CRP used for its subterfuge tactics?

3. Who was Bernstein’s source that the book compares to Deep Throat?

4. How many men agents did the FBI assign to the Watergate investigation?

5. What is the pizza that Ziegler references?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why don't the reporters interview Baldwin?

2. What does the Bookkeeper help Bernstein link?

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

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

5. Why do they combine their articles?

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

7. Who is Donald Segretti?

8. How do the reporters make the link from the men to the White House?

9. Why do the reporters continue with the case?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Nixon was the first president to have been impeached for over a hundred years. Describe this process. Why did he ultimately have to resign?

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

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?

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