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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 27.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. ____________ can still function when he needs to, through correspondence, memos, and telephone.
(a) Ben
(b) Eugene
(c) Don
(d) Phil

2. Kay is a part of the press corps who attends _________'s press conference in the Oval Office after Hitler invades Poland.
(a) LBJ
(b) Kennedy
(c) FDR
(d) Eisenhower

3. What does Kay need during this trying time though she does not know how to admit it?
(a) Help
(b) Money
(c) Her mother
(d) A divorce

4. Reston and the New York Times detect ___________ in the South but agree to kill the story for the White House.
(a) Civil unrest
(b) Terrorist activities
(c) Troop movements
(d) Cuban infiltration

5. The _______________ raises a furor over Kay working without pay at the Mount Vernon Argus.
(a) Red Party
(b) Parents
(c) Newspaper Guild
(d) Journalist's Society

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the title that Kay assumes when she becomes an active leader in the Post?

2. The break in at the _____________ National Headquarters is first dismissed as a third rate burglary.

3. Who do Kay's friends find most intimidating when they are over at her house?

4. Who is the dominant influence in the lives of Phil and Kay, reveling in gossip, arguments, and irreverence?

5. The pressmen's Pearl Harbor includes the sabotage of all the __________ and the assault of the foreman.

(see the answer key)

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