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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. Star becomes less important to the world as Americans are no longer reading __________ newspapers.
(a) Any
(b) Afternoon
(c) Trashy
(d) Gossip

2. The guild continues to rally the_______, but it seems to pull an unwise stunt every time resolve begins to falter.
(a) Managers
(b) Writers
(c) Accountants
(d) Editors

3. The break in at the _____________ National Headquarters is first dismissed as a third rate burglary.
(a) Democratic
(b) Republican
(c) Post
(d) Green Party

4. Kay gives _________ broad autonomy and he is not bothered by her higher profile.
(a) Simmons
(b) Don
(c) Warren
(d) Hamilton

5. Where do the Grahams fly to finalize the formation of the Los Angeles Times-Washington Post News Service?
(a) Boston
(b) Los Angeles
(c) San Francisco
(d) Washington DC

Short Answer Questions

1. 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?

2. JFK appoints Phil to incorporate ________ a groundbreaking public/private enterprise.

3. That Nixon keeps _________ in 1971 to 1972 becomes known, though Kay cannot remember if she was on it.

4. What is the title that Kay assumes when she becomes an active leader in the Post?

5. Kay is told it will take her __________ years to win the people's hearts from the Vietcong.

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. What does the Nixon spokesman first say of the Democratic National Committee Headquarters break-in?

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

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

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

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

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

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