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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Kay looks forward to Prescott getting rid of the ______________ approach prevalent at the paper.
(a) Crisis management
(b) Fire fighting
(c) Fire prevention
(d) Fly by the seat of one's pants

3. Who leads the union at the time of the union disputes at the Post?
(a) Jim Cooper
(b) Brian Flores
(c) Ben Bradlee
(d) John Dugan

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

5. Kay naively takes it personally when _________ is furious about a contradiction that is printed about him in a Newsweek story, even though it is corrected.
(a) Nasser
(b) Wiggins
(c) Eisenhower
(d) Kennedy

6. After a year of widowhood, Kay's _______ grows more bearable to her, but the paper is still difficult.
(a) Home life
(b) Lack of a partner
(c) Low self esteem
(d) Grief

7. Kay is advised to fight for the Post and to prepare ___________ to inherit the paper by clerking during the summer.
(a) Don
(b) Cissy
(c) Ruth
(d) Jen

8. Nixon declares that his _________, John Dean, has investigated the break in and found no White House involvement.
(a) Counsel
(b) Secretary of State
(c) Best friend
(d) Chief Justice

9. Kay says that she likes Bush Sr. personally, but Newsweek labels him a _____________.
(a) War monger
(b) Easy target
(c) Wimp
(d) Poor leader

10. Through the 1970s, Kay feels that her ____________ exceeded her accomplishments.
(a) Results
(b) Weaknesses
(c) Expectations
(d) Rumors

11. Kay realizes that Capote only wants her around at his party in order to re-energize after ______________.
(a) In Cold Blood
(b) A bad breakup
(c) Dreamcatchers
(d) His dog's death

12. Kay realizes she has been conditioned to work and to deal only with __________ people - something which needs to change.
(a) Important
(b) Lower
(c) Uneducated
(d) Manipulative

13. That Nixon keeps _________ in 1971 to 1972 becomes known, though Kay cannot remember if she was on it.
(a) A friends list
(b) A media list
(c) An enemies list
(d) A kill list

14. The pressmen's Pearl Harbor includes the sabotage of all the __________ and the assault of the foreman.
(a) Electrical outlets
(b) Presses
(c) Delivery trucks
(d) Paper reams

15. Who is the star reporter that Bradlee hires from the New York Times, helping to rejuvenate the Post?
(a) Molly Parker
(b) David Brashears
(c) Barbara Walters
(d) David Broder

Short Answer Questions

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

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

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

4. Kay says she should have __________ the letter where AG John Mitchell called the Post 'the best paper in the country.'

5. Newsweek does less well financially than the Post because _________ is lenient with the editors.

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