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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 was Dean’s attitude towards the Post coverage of Watergate?

2. Who writes the first part of the article about the unexpected witness at the end of Chapter 14?

3. What is strange about L. Patrick Gray’s position?

4. What happens when Woodward requests an interview with the President?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What is notable about the process server who finally finds Bernstein?

2. What does the Post do to try to avoid surveillance?

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

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

5. What is Haldeman's main mode of operation, according to the reporters?

6. How does the book describe Haldeman's relationship to CRP?

7. Why is Deep Throat so upset about the Haldeman article?

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

9. Why would the President want to ‘destroy’ the Post?

10. Why does McCord write his letter to the judge?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Nixon’s men are described as having corrupted other campaigns. Which campaigns, and why? Whom did they consider to be enemies? How did CRP go about trying to take down these enemies?

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

Woodward and Bernstein touch on many important topics, both topical and profound. Why might they have chosen the title All the President’s Men for this book? What is the title’s significance?

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