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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Woodward and Bernstein reveal a secret _________ fund used to gather intelligence controlled by Mitchell.
(a) DNC
(b) AAA
(c) CRP
(d) US

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

3. The White House plays down fears that the company's _________ might be in danger when the time comes for renewal.
(a) Airwave times
(b) FCC licenses
(c) Business licenses
(d) Presses

4. Much of the nation thinks that the Watergate matter is _________ and stands with the president.
(a) Necessary
(b) True
(c) Overblown
(d) Useful

5. Kay resents ____________'s unwillingness to accept her, but is intimidated and defers to his ideas.
(a) Elliott
(b) Sweeterman
(c) Bradlee
(d) Benton

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

7. What is the title that Kay assumes when she becomes an active leader in the Post?
(a) Chairperson
(b) Board member
(c) Editor
(d) President

8. Kay's goal is for politicians and other US officials to begin to see journalists as ____________.
(a) Friends
(b) Bi-partisan
(c) Partisan
(d) Lovers

9. Who is the reporter who has distinguished himself as conscientious, hardworking and driven at the time of the break in though he's only been at the Post for a few months?
(a) Bob Woodward
(b) Carl Bernstein
(c) Ben Bradlee
(d) Spiro Agnew

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

11. Kay leaves it to ____________ to decide whether to invest in cable television news, which is not pursued.
(a) Warren Buffet
(b) John Prescott
(c) The board
(d) Ben Bradlee

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

13. Kay is sufficiently free from worry to indulge in her interest in _____________, pushing her to travel around the world.
(a) World hunger
(b) Women's rights
(c) World issues
(d) Genital mutilation

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

15. Kay is told it will take her __________ years to win the people's hearts from the Vietcong.
(a) Fifteen
(b) Ten
(c) Two
(d) Five

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the publication that Phil decides to buy to help strengthen the Post company?

2. To what movement is Kay finally awakening, causing her to take action for the cause?

3. Where do the Grahams fly to finalize the formation of the Los Angeles Times-Washington Post News Service?

4. Kay actually told Women's Wear Daily back in 1969 that a ___________ would be better suited to her job than she.

5. Kay looks forward to Prescott getting rid of the ______________ approach prevalent at the paper.

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