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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. Who is Kay's attendant at her wedding to Phil at Mt. Kisco?
(a) Corrine
(b) Ruth
(c) Agnes
(d) Flo
2. Where does Father take Kay in order to meet the family and to arrange a job for her?
(a) San Francisco
(b) Los Angeles
(c) Detroit
(d) Chicago
3. What is the huge country home of the Meyers at Mt. Kisco referred to as?
(a) The country
(b) The farm
(c) The beauty
(d) The homestead
4. Philip Graham is first ________ for Supreme Court Justice Stanley Reed and in line for a job with Frankfurter.
(a) Campaigning
(b) Interning
(c) Advising
(d) Clerking
5. Eugene Meyer is a 32-year-old self-made millionaire _________ and art collector.
(a) Broker
(b) Oil man
(c) Boxer
(d) Philanthropist
Short Answer Questions
1. Phili is also the co-editor of the prestigious ____________ at his university.
2. Who do Kay and Phil support in the election year, though her parents do not agree with her?
3. Of what person does Agnes become a protegee during the early years of her marriage to Eugene?
4. Who quickly leaves to go to Harvard and joins Newsweek's European staff?
5. What is the job that Truman offers to Father, an offer Father cannot refuse?
Short Essay Questions
1. Why does Kay not agree with Phil's choice to back Bradlee's crusade to desegregate swimming pools in Washington?
2. What kind of man is John Sweeterman, who is brought in as a Post business manager?
3. What does Time declare about the Washington Post in 1941 as its circulation begins to grow?
4. Why is it easy for Kay to hide Phil's true condition from her parents?
5. What does Agnes consider to be a part of the contract of marriage in terms of duties?
6. How does Kay avoid academic probation after battling with a hated history teacher?
7. What does Mother think of the women that she meets when she is living in Washington with Eugene?
8. What frustrates Kay when she is staying in the town of Sioux Falls, South Dakota, as Phil is sent to Boot Camp?
9. Why is Philip Graham's father not keen about the idea of Kay and Phil getting married?
10. What is Kay surprised about when she drives to Florida to see Phil's family?
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