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

2. Wiggins is bothered by the advance knowledge of Diem's _____________ in 1963.
(a) Coup
(b) War
(c) Border agreement
(d) Assassination

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

4. Nixon declares that his _________, John Dean, has investigated the break in and found no White House involvement.
(a) Chief Justice
(b) Best friend
(c) Counsel
(d) Secretary of State

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Kay's goal is for politicians and other US officials to begin to see journalists as ____________.

2. Who is the elected prime minister of Great Britain whom Kay is linked with romantically?

3. Where does Phil request to go for his weekend break, even though doctors are concerned and Kay would have been had she seen the suicidal writings of Phil?

4. The _________ staff at the Washington Post continues to work as usual during the upheaval.

5. Kay is advised to fight for the Post and to prepare ___________ to inherit the paper by clerking during the summer.

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What does Henry Kissinger want to discuss when he sits down for a lunch with Kay?

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

4. What are some of the policies that Kay implements in order to take on the idea of sexism in society?

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

6. What is the world's reaction to Watergate during this time, as it's only just begun to unfold?

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

8. What has Beebe been doing during the years of Phil's decline at the Post?

9. What happens when Kay gets Newsweek to feature the Third World in its magazine?

10. What does Phil do in order to pay for the purchase of the news magazine for business people?

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