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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 is the second document from Hunt’s safe that was destroyed?

2. What do Gray’s notes prove?

3. What statement about the President most upsets his aide at the end of Chapter 15?

4. Why doesn’t Woodward initially receive his subpoena?

5. What does the unexpected testimony in question #147 give the prosecution?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

7. What surveillance did CRP, the CIA, and/or the White House have on the Post reporters?

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

The book provides many different discoveries about many different people. Describe the organization structure of CRP as detailed in the book. How far did the corruption go? Why was this significant?

Essay Topic 2

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 3

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?

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