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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 much does the Times report was in the fund?

2. Whom does Bernstein vote for in the presidential election?

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

4. What does Sloan refuse to confirm?

5. What does Woodward ask for from Shapiro and Colson?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Bernstein instruct Bradlee to do on the phone?

2. How does the White House aide feel about Dean’s upcoming statement regarding the President?

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

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

5. Why are the reporters upset with the Post’s coverage of Nixon’s policy change in Chapter 14?

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

7. Why does Nixon reference Cambodia in his public statement?

8. What do the reporters believe about Segretti?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Research the trials of major Watergate players as detailed by the last chapter. What were their sentences? How long did they serve? Is this justice, in your opinion? Why or why not?

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

Sloan provides the reporters with a variety of claims and evidence. Detail their relationship to Sloan. At what points do they trust him? Mistrust him? How is this in keeping with his character, as detailed by the book?

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