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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who invests heavily in Post stock and puts the Post on the same level of excellence as Disney?
(a) Warren Buffet
(b) Truman Capote
(c) Bill Gates
(d) Normal Rockafeller

2. Newsweek loses money and diverts talent to its ill-conceived launching of ___________.
(a) Everett Herald
(b) Inside Sports
(c) ESPN
(d) News Today

3. Nixon suggests that Kay invite ___________ to an editorial luncheon to brief editors on Vietnam policy.
(a) Steve Truman
(b) Lyndon Johnson
(c) Henry Kissinger
(d) Spiro Agnew

4. What does Phil have to cut back on since Kay is ill, helping his mental health tremendously?
(a) Work schedule
(b) Social schedule
(c) Time overseas
(d) Drinking

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

6. Kay gives _________ broad autonomy and he is not bothered by her higher profile.
(a) Hamilton
(b) Don
(c) Warren
(d) Simmons

7. Who is the elected prime minister of Great Britain whom Kay is linked with romantically?
(a) Gordon Brown
(b) Edward Heath
(c) Margaret Thatcher
(d) Tony Blair

8. Kay believes that after Phil's suicide, she has lost Phil _____________.
(a) Forever.
(b) Completely.
(c) Twice.
(d) Easily.

9. Kay believes it is difficult to appraise what kind of president _________ might have been had he lived longer.
(a) John F. Kennedy
(b) FDR
(c) Spiro Agnew
(d) LBJ

10. The break in at the _____________ National Headquarters is first dismissed as a third rate burglary.
(a) Post
(b) Green Party
(c) Democratic
(d) Republican

11. Kay's friend Polly Wisner's husband also ___________, just as Kay's husband Phil did.
(a) Runs a paper
(b) Likes the country
(c) Has an affair
(d) Commits suicide

12. Phil orders a trip for the whole family to ___________ before sending Don off to Harvard.
(a) Hawaii
(b) Europe
(c) Bermuda
(d) Florida

13. ___________ has been holding the company together during the years of Phil's decline.
(a) Father
(b) Cissy
(c) Bradlee
(d) Beebe

14. Kay cares about the ________ and keeping it in the family, so she has to make it work.
(a) Graham name
(b) Paper
(c) House
(d) Car

15. Lally urges her mother to heed St. Paul's advice: "In all things give __________."
(a) Blessings
(b) Thanks
(c) Heed
(d) Patience

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Dr. Farber refuse to do in relation to Phil's mental disorder?

2. Kay leaves it to ____________ to decide whether to invest in cable television news, which is not pursued.

3. Who leads the union at the time of the union disputes at the Post?

4. Star becomes less important to the world as Americans are no longer reading __________ newspapers.

5. Kay is certain that the Post and Newsweek will go harder on ____________ because of her friendship.

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