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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. Woodward and Bernstein reveal a secret _________ fund used to gather intelligence controlled by Mitchell.
(a) AAA
(b) CRP
(c) DNC
(d) US

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

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

4. Kay may be influenced by Gloria Steinem, but she is put off by the militant ____________ extremists.
(a) Male
(b) Education
(c) Lesbian
(d) Man-hating

5. JFK appoints Phil to incorporate ________ a groundbreaking public/private enterprise.
(a) TELESTAT
(b) COMSAT
(c) FINCOM
(d) Freedom Management

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the greatest worry of Kay in her role as a leader at the Post?

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

3. Much of the nation thinks that the Watergate matter is _________ and stands with the president.

4. The Post acquires Kaplan ___________ and stock shares in various newspapers in order to secure its financial stability.

5. Newsweek does less well financially than the Post because _________ is lenient with the editors.

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What does Simmons unload in order to begin to help the Washington Post be as profitable as possible?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

10. What happens during the pressmens' Pearl Harbor as Kay finds out early in the morning on October 1, 1975?

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