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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Howard Hunt respond to the story about the burglars’ connection to the White House?
(a) Good God!
(b) Jesus.
(c) Do your worst.
(d) We’ll deny everything.

2. In what year did the Watergate break-in take place?
(a) 1962.
(b) 1961.
(c) 1971.
(d) 1972.

3. Why does Rosenfeld initially distrust Young?
(a) He thinks he is lying.
(b) He thinks he is a hippy.
(c) He’s never heard of him.
(d) He thinks he’s using a pseudonym.

4. In what media outlet does Ehrlichman make his denial?
(a) On the radio.
(b) On television.
(c) In a press release.
(d) In print.

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

6. What time does Woodward and Deep Throat’s meeting in Chapter 6 end?
(a) Five a.m.
(b) Six a.m.
(c) Three a.m.
(d) Four a.m.

7. What regarding Sloan makes Bernstein panic in Chapter 5?
(a) His disappearance.
(b) The suspicion that he may not have the facts.
(c) Learning that he never worked for CRP.
(d) His new attitude.

8. What is Sloan’s current job?
(a) He is an independent consultant.
(b) He is unemployed.
(c) He works for CRP.
(d) He works for the White House.

9. How old were Woodward and Bernstein at the time of the Watergate break-ins?
(a) Late twenties.
(b) Late thirties.
(c) Early thirties.
(d) Early twenties.

10. Whom does Bernstein call in Chapter 7?
(a) Undecided voters.
(b) Nixon supporters.
(c) McGovern supporters.
(d) Muskie supporters.

11. What is Young’s connection to the White House?
(a) He is a major CRP fundraiser.
(b) He is a friend of Nixon’s.
(c) He worked there.
(d) He knows Chapin and Segretti.

12. At the beginning of the book, how long had Woodward been working at the Post?
(a) Nine months.
(b) Nine weeks.
(c) One year.
(d) Three months.

13. Why is Bernstein’s contact from #37 angry with him?
(a) He thinks he has been accessing confidential files.
(b) He is a Republican.
(c) He thinks he is making up stories.
(d) He wants to be left alone.

14. How does the subject of the reporters’ story in Chapter 5 respond to it?
(a) He has no comment.
(b) He is terrified.
(c) He is relieved.
(d) He is furious.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Bernstein get into the Bookkeeper’s house?

2. Whom does Moore first contact?

3. What job had Ziegler previously held?

4. What do reporters at the newsroom tease Bernstein about during the investigation into CRP’s checks?

5. What were the Watergate burglars carrying?

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