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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

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

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

6. Phil pressures John F. Kennedy to __________ taxes in order to boost the economy, a move which is successful.
(a) Offset
(b) Cut
(c) Raise
(d) Balance

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

8. What is the greatest worry of Kay in her role as a leader at the Post?
(a) Unions
(b) False stories
(c) Reporters
(d) Computers

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

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

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

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

13. Star becomes less important to the world as Americans are no longer reading __________ newspapers.
(a) Trashy
(b) Afternoon
(c) Gossip
(d) Any

14. What is the publication that Phil decides to buy to help strengthen the Post company?
(a) Chicago Tribune
(b) Newsweek
(c) San Francisco Chronicle
(d) Time Magazine

15. 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) Spiro Agnew
(c) Ben Bradlee
(d) Carl Bernstein

Short Answer Questions

1. Kay realizes that the Post has no ___________ within four levels of her own position.

2. Men and women typically __________ after dinner in Washington, but as Kay rebels, the practice disappears all over Washington.

3. Who is the elected prime minister of Great Britain whom Kay is linked with romantically?

4. Beebe dies of ______ the day after listening to Nixon's speech and giving a last hurrah from his hospital bed.

5. Who is the star reporter that Bradlee hires from the New York Times, helping to rejuvenate the Post?

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