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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. When did Lance Maerov attain a secret peek at Harvey Weinstein's personnel file, according to the narrative in Chapter 5?
2. How many lawyers did Dean Baquet say the Weinstein Team had reaching out to the Times prior to the publication of the Weinstein article regarding sexual misconduct?
3. According to the authors in Chapter 8, Jodi Kantor and two colleagues broke a story about what comedy megastar who was accused of sexual misconduct by at least five women and then went on to lose all public credibility?
4. Who was Weinstein's personal assistant that became uncomfortable with her duties for him, which included maintaining a roster of "Friends of Harvey" and supplying erectile dysfunction drugs for him (131)?
5. When were Brett Kavanaugh's Supreme Court hearings scheduled to begin?
Short Essay Questions
1. How did Lauren O'Connor respond when learning that the Times had accessed her memo to the executives of The Weinstein Company?
2. Who contacted Jodi Kantor regarding Christine Blasey Ford? Why?
3. How are Christine Blasey Ford's professional life and history described?
4. Who is David Glasser and what involvement did he have with the Times article?
5. What story did Megan Twohey write about Harvey Weinstein and Finding Neverland?
6. What actress was Harvey Weinstein obsessed with knowing about having involvement in the NY Times article? Why?
7. What actions did the exeuctive board at The Weinstein Company take upon the publication of the NY Times' first article on Weinstein's sexual misconduct allegations?
8. What was Lauren O'Connor's position in connection to Harvey Weinstein? When did she leave the company?
9. What did the Hollywood Reporter and Variety print about the NY Times article on Weinstein prior to its publication?
10. What complaints did Sandeep Rehal make regarding Harvey Weinstein?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
How do the authors characterize the time period when they began their investigation into allegations against Harvey Weinstein? How had circumstances for women in the workplace changed in recent years? What stories about sexual harassment in the workplace had recently come to light through news media outlets? How did those pieces pave the way for change?
Essay Topic 2
Discuss Christine Blasey Ford's decision to go forward in testifying before the Senate Judiciary Committee regarding her allegations against Judge Brett Kavanaugh. What compelled Ford to take the stand? How was her testimony perceived? How did Ford's life change in the aftermath of this decision?
Essay Topic 3
Describe and discuss the Me Too movement. When was "Me Too" initially coined as a phrase and by whom? When did this movement explode virally on the internet? How did the movement change American culture?
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