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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. Kay is certain that the Post and Newsweek will go harder on ____________ because of her friendship.
(a) Nixon
(b) Beebe
(c) Bradlee
(d) Kissinger

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

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

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

5. Who is the elected prime minister of Great Britain whom Kay is linked with romantically?
(a) Gordon Brown
(b) Edward Heath
(c) Margaret Thatcher
(d) Tony Blair

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Nixon suggests that Kay invite ___________ to an editorial luncheon to brief editors on Vietnam policy.

3. Kay says she should have __________ the letter where AG John Mitchell called the Post 'the best paper in the country.'

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

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Kay look forward to when John Prescott comes in to take the place of Ignatius?

2. What does Buffet suggest that Kay do with the undervalued stock?

3. What does Bradlee do in order to help improve the Post staff in his new position?

4. What happens when there are union negotiations taking place at the Post?

5. What is the line that Phil uses in his speeches that is still quoted to this day?

6. What action does Phil take that Kay is not completely convinced is a good idea?

7. What does Roger Parkinson suggest when the pressmen strike and attack?

8. What do none of the guests at the Bohlens' farewell party suspect of JFK, according to Kay?

9. What happens after Stevenson meets up with Kay when she is in London on her way to the Aegean?

10. What happens during Nixon's Saturday Night Massacre after his tapes are subpoenaed?

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