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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 23.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the first name of the woman that Eugene decided to marry two years after meeting her?
(a) Maria
(b) Katharine
(c) Kay
(d) Agnes

2. What is the job that Truman offers to Father, an offer Father cannot refuse?
(a) Personal assistant
(b) President of WorldBank
(c) Secretary of Commerce
(d) Secretary of State

3. Kay begins to write the __________ section of the Sunday Post while Phil is busy at work.
(a) Sports
(b) Brains
(c) Entertainment
(d) Society

4. Newsweek does less well financially than the Post because _________ is lenient with the editors.
(a) Bradlee
(b) Benton
(c) Beebe
(d) Kay

5. Early on, the Post is dragged into Nixon's war against the "eastern establishment _________ press."
(a) Liberal
(b) Conservative
(c) Undermining
(d) Elitist

Short Answer Questions

1. How many pages has the purchased publication shrunk to when Eugene buys it?

2. Who takes Phil out of his/her will once his affair is brought to light?

3. Kay also decides to join the _________ club formed by soldiers' wives, many of whmo are pregnant and working.

4. Kay believes that after Phil's suicide, she has lost Phil _____________.

5. What is one of the rooms in the new house on R street that receives the special attention of Kay?

(see the answer key)

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