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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

8. Nixon suggests that Kay invite ___________ to an editorial luncheon to brief editors on Vietnam policy.
(a) Henry Kissinger
(b) Lyndon Johnson
(c) Steve Truman
(d) Spiro Agnew

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

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

11. 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) Carl Bernstein
(b) Spiro Agnew
(c) Bob Woodward
(d) Ben Bradlee

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

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

14. What does Dr. Farber refuse to do in relation to Phil's mental disorder?
(a) Come to the house for therapy sessions
(b) Talk to Kay
(c) Treat Phil
(d) Label his affliction

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Lally urges her mother to heed St. Paul's advice: "In all things give __________."

2. Who makes the first connection to Nixon's re-election fund, keeping him from getting fired from his reporter job?

3. Kay hesitates, but eventually accepts an invitation to cruise the Greek islands with ____________.

4. The guild continues to rally the_______, but it seems to pull an unwise stunt every time resolve begins to falter.

5. Reston and Noyes argue that in light of the ____________ letter, it would be senseless for the Post not to be recognized.

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