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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Where does Phil request to go for his weekend break, even though doctors are concerned and Kay would have been had she seen the suicidal writings of Phil?
(a) Glen Welby
(b) Mt. Kisco
(c) Martha's Vineyard
(d) San Francisco

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

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

5. Kay hesitates, but eventually accepts an invitation to cruise the Greek islands with ____________.
(a) Henry Kissinger
(b) Carl Jung
(c) Rollo May
(d) Truman Capote

6. Dugan duped the management into thinking that the pressmen would ___________.
(a) Give up negotations
(b) Be more reasonable
(c) Listen to an offer
(d) Complete the run

7. Kay actually told Women's Wear Daily back in 1969 that a ___________ would be better suited to her job than she.
(a) Woman
(b) Reporter
(c) Monkey
(d) Man

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

9. The Post acquires Kaplan ___________ and stock shares in various newspapers in order to secure its financial stability.
(a) Marketing
(b) Educational Centers
(c) Media
(d) Cellular Phones

10. Who is poised to take over Kay's position at the Post, though she is concerned about the timing?
(a) Ruth
(b) Don
(c) Buffet
(d) Lally

11. Who takes Phil out of his/her will once his affair is brought to light?
(a) Mother
(b) Ernest
(c) Kay
(d) Father

12. Kay acknowledges the bravery it takes for ___________ members to stay on the job.
(a) Freelance
(b) Guild
(c) Editorial
(d) Management

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

14. Men and women typically __________ after dinner in Washington, but as Kay rebels, the practice disappears all over Washington.
(a) Leave
(b) Segregate
(c) Come together
(d) Drink

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Nixon declares that his _________, John Dean, has investigated the break in and found no White House involvement.

2. The guests at the Bohlens' farewell party have no idea that Kennedy has already seen pictures of ___________.

3. What does Phil have to cut back on since Kay is ill, helping his mental health tremendously?

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

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

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