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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. Through the 1970s, Kay feels that her ____________ exceeded her accomplishments.
(a) Rumors
(b) Results
(c) Expectations
(d) Weaknesses

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

3. Kay looks forward to Prescott getting rid of the ______________ approach prevalent at the paper.
(a) Fly by the seat of one's pants
(b) Fire prevention
(c) Crisis management
(d) Fire fighting

4. What does Roger Parkinson suggest to help the Post get its papers printed for the next day?
(a) Hand cranked editions
(b) Helicopters
(c) Scabs
(d) A miracle

5. Reston and the New York Times detect ___________ in the South but agree to kill the story for the White House.
(a) Terrorist activities
(b) Troop movements
(c) Cuban infiltration
(d) Civil unrest

Short Answer Questions

1. When Kay gets Newsweek to feature the _______________, it is the worst selling issue of the year.

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

3. Kay realizes she has been conditioned to work and to deal only with __________ people - something which needs to change.

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

5. Kay actually told Women's Wear Daily back in 1969 that a ___________ would be better suited to her job than she.

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. How does the Post already regard Richard Nixon as told from the point of view of Kay?

5. What is the purpose of the cruise that Mother takes Kay on during this part of Kay's memoir?

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

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

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

9. Why does Kay feel it is her job to keep in touch with U.S. officials in and out of office?

10. How does Kay feel that some of her feelings of inferiority have been bred into her generation of women?

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