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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. 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) Man
(d) Monkey

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

4. Lally urges her mother to heed St. Paul's advice: "In all things give __________."
(a) Heed
(b) Patience
(c) Thanks
(d) Blessings

5. Kay says she should have __________ the letter where AG John Mitchell called the Post 'the best paper in the country.'
(a) Not opened
(b) Framed
(c) Hid
(d) Burned

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

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

8. 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

9. 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

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

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

12. Kay gives _________ broad autonomy and he is not bothered by her higher profile.
(a) Simmons
(b) Don
(c) Warren
(d) Hamilton

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

14. Ben Bradlee's standing orders to the staff during the Watergate scandal is to push relentlessly for the ____________.
(a) Answers
(b) Government
(c) Story
(d) Truth

15. What is the category under which the paper wins the Pulitzer Prize for the work on the DNC break in?
(a) Political reporting
(b) Nixon
(c) Investigative reporting
(d) National coverage

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Phil orders a trip for the whole family to ___________ before sending Don off to Harvard.

3. Newsweek loses money and diverts talent to its ill-conceived launching of ___________.

4. ___________ has been holding the company together during the years of Phil's decline.

5. Concerned about his place in history, LBJ has brought masses of top secret documents about ____________.

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