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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Kay continues to lean heavily on _______ who helps her with running her company and keeping it financially secure.
(a) Mother
(b) Buffet
(c) Cissy
(d) Bradlee

2. The guild continues to rally the_______, but it seems to pull an unwise stunt every time resolve begins to falter.
(a) Editors
(b) Writers
(c) Managers
(d) Accountants

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

4. Kay travels 10,000 miles to interview people, leaving ________ with space to establish his authority.
(a) Warren
(b) Ben
(c) Don
(d) John

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

6. The guests at the Bohlens' farewell party have no idea that Kennedy has already seen pictures of ___________.
(a) Cuba's boats
(b) The new atomic bomb
(c) Soviet missiles in Cuba
(d) The Mexican Offensive

7. Ignatius proves mismatched for the job of Post ___________ and is replaced by John Prescott.
(a) Editor
(b) Reporter manager
(c) President
(d) Publisher

8. Kay may be influenced by Gloria Steinem, but she is put off by the militant ____________ extremists.
(a) Education
(b) Man-hating
(c) Lesbian
(d) Male

9. Where do the Grahams fly to finalize the formation of the Los Angeles Times-Washington Post News Service?
(a) San Francisco
(b) Washington DC
(c) Boston
(d) Los Angeles

10. The Post has made costly concessions to the ________, including a clause specifying that outside advertisements must be re-set even if the original copy is used.
(a) Layout artists
(b) Printers
(c) Typesetters
(d) Reporters

11. The _________ staff at the Washington Post continues to work as usual during the upheaval.
(a) Janitorial
(b) Management
(c) Cartoon
(d) Editorial

12. Phil has stated before that journalism is the ____________ of history.
(a) Stone carvings
(b) Beginning
(c) First draft
(d) Documentation

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

14. Beebe dies of ______ the day after listening to Nixon's speech and giving a last hurrah from his hospital bed.
(a) Diabetes
(b) Surgery complications
(c) Cancer
(d) Heart disease

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the category under which the paper wins the Pulitzer Prize for the work on the DNC break in?

2. Ben Bradlee's standing orders to the staff during the Watergate scandal is to push relentlessly for the ____________.

3. Kay is sufficiently free from worry to indulge in her interest in _____________, pushing her to travel around the world.

4. The Post acquires Kaplan ___________ and stock shares in various newspapers in order to secure its financial stability.

5. Wiggins is bothered by the advance knowledge of Diem's _____________ in 1963.

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