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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. How do the reporters react to the FBI agent in Chapter 9?

2. Who is L. Patrick Gray?

3. How many jury members acted as sources for the reporters?

4. What technique do the reporters use to have their fourth source confirm their story ?

5. What does Bernstein want to confirm in Chapter 14?

Short Essay Questions

1. What characterizes Hunt's friend, whom Woodward lunches with?

2. What does Woodward think Deep Throat is warning him about, in the worst case scenario?

3. What is Judge Sirica's attitude towards the testimony at the trial he is running?

4. What is the reporters’ attitude towards the information coming out about John Dean?

5. What do the reporters suspect happened to the slush funds after June 17th?

6. Why are the documents Gray provides significant?

7. Was it illegal for the reporters to approach jurors?

8. Why does CRP try to recruit university students?

9. What is the significance of the President’s ‘whitewash’ comment?

10. What did the FBI fail to do with the Watergate Seven's address books?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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?

Essay Topic 2

Some of CRP’s work – as well as that of the White House under Nixon – can be seen to stem from a desire for revenge. In what way might this be true? Use the example of the Post’s persecution to support your thesis.

Essay Topic 3

Compare and contrast Woodward and Bernstein. In what ways are they similar? Different.

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