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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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) Reporters
(b) Typesetters
(c) Printers
(d) Layout artists

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

9. Kay's friend Polly Wisner's husband also ___________, just as Kay's husband Phil did.
(a) Has an affair
(b) Runs a paper
(c) Likes the country
(d) Commits suicide

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

11. When Kay gets Newsweek to feature the _______________, it is the worst selling issue of the year.
(a) Cast of MASH
(b) Third World
(c) Korean War
(d) Vietnam War

12. It comes out that Nixon has a _____________ about which he has apparently forgotten.
(a) Secret video
(b) Journal
(c) Voice-activated taping system
(d) Paper trail

13. JFK appoints Phil to incorporate ________ a groundbreaking public/private enterprise.
(a) COMSAT
(b) Freedom Management
(c) TELESTAT
(d) FINCOM

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Father insist that every full-speed-ahead business person should have in his/her company?

2. Reston and the New York Times detect ___________ in the South but agree to kill the story for the White House.

3. Dugan duped the management into thinking that the pressmen would ___________.

4. The White House plays down fears that the company's _________ might be in danger when the time comes for renewal.

5. Who invests heavily in Post stock and puts the Post on the same level of excellence as Disney?

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