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

2. Why do the reporters use the technique in #87 ?

3. What do Gray’s notes do to the Post?

4. What upsets the reporters about Nixon’s announcement regarding executive privilege in Chapter 14?

5. Who issued the subpoenas?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does CRP try to recruit university students?

2. What has changed about Haldeman’s relationship to the President in Chapter 15?

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

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

5. What do the reporters believe about Segretti?

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

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

8. Why does Woodward’s CRP source change in Chapter 14?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Press Secretary Ziegler becomes a major character towards the end of the book. Why is he important? What is the press secretary’s role for the White House? Describe the problems he faces with the issue of Nixon’s erased tape, and their significance.

Essay Topic 2

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

Essay Topic 3

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.

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