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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why is the person in #55 not keen on Phil marrying Kay?
(a) Kay is rich
(b) Phil is already engaged
(c) Kay is a Jew
(d) Phil is too foolish

2. The ____________, unlike Father, cannot subsidize the losses of the paper and are fortunate the CBS radio operation is profitable.
(a) Bradlees
(b) Meyers
(c) Grahams
(d) McCarthys

3. To where does Phil transfer when he finds the Office of Strategic Services too political?
(a) Marines
(b) Navy
(c) Air corps
(d) Peace Corps

4. Kay keeps tabs on a ________ full of strikebreakers making the rounds of the waterfront.
(a) Boxcar
(b) House
(c) Room
(d) Factory

5. When the costs at the Post are closely ____________, then the Post begins to make more money than the Star.
(a) Ignored
(b) Controlled
(c) Calculated
(d) Enjoyed

Short Answer Questions

1. Kay battles with a hated __________ teacher about a paper on the position of women in the Middle Ages.

2. Phil decides to arbitrarily tone down Newsweek's reporting of the _______________.

3. Kay's friend Polly Wisner's husband also ___________, just as Kay's husband Phil did.

4. Mother finds the women of Washington intellectually _______ but enjoys their luncheon debates.

5. Which of the sisters suffers the most from parental inattention of all in the family?

(see the answer key)

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