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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 3.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was the first link between the burglars and the White House?
(a) The address books.
(b) The lawyers.
(c) McCord.
(d) An anonymous source.

2. What do reporters at the newsroom tease Bernstein about during the investigation into CRP’s checks?
(a) His friendship with Woodward.
(b) His last-minute revisions.
(c) His tendency to push deadlines.
(d) His level of Spanish.

3. Where did Woodward receive his college diploma?
(a) Community college.
(b) He didn’t.
(c) Yale.
(d) Harvard.

4. What had Bernstein planned on doing instead of the Watergate story?
(a) He was going to take a long vacation.
(b) He planned on working on another story.
(c) He was doing background research for Woodward.
(d) He was going to investigate CRP anyway.

5. What excuse does Bernstein use to stay in the Bookkeeper’s house?
(a) He tells her he is being followed.
(b) He drinks a cup of coffee.
(c) He uses her telephone.
(d) He convinces her to go on the record.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does the Bookkeeper identify the recipients of money from the security fund?

2. How often had Woodward and Bernstein worked together before Watergate?

3. What nickname did the two reporters acquire at the Post?

4. What were the Watergate burglars carrying?

5. How many men broke into the Watergate?

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