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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. Reston and Noyes argue that in light of the ____________ letter, it would be senseless for the Post not to be recognized.
(a) McCord
(b) Nixon
(c) Watergate
(d) Pentagon

2. Who takes Phil out of his/her will once his affair is brought to light?
(a) Ernest
(b) Kay
(c) Mother
(d) Father

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

4. Kay's friend Polly Wisner's husband also ___________, just as Kay's husband Phil did.
(a) Runs a paper
(b) Has an affair
(c) Likes the country
(d) Commits suicide

5. The guests at the Bohlens' farewell party have no idea that Kennedy has already seen pictures of ___________.
(a) The Mexican Offensive
(b) Cuba's boats
(c) Soviet missiles in Cuba
(d) The new atomic bomb

Short Answer Questions

1. ___________ has been holding the company together during the years of Phil's decline.

2. Who is the reporter who has distinguished himself as conscientious, hardworking and driven at the time of the break in though he's only been at the Post for a few months?

3. Kay travels 10,000 miles to interview people, leaving ________ with space to establish his authority.

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

5. Kay leaves it to ____________ to decide whether to invest in cable television news, which is not pursued.

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What does Pearson keep Kay from doing during the situation with Phil?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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