View a FREE sample

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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Bernstein not understand at first about the legal ramifications of the President’s involvement?
(a) The practical issues.
(b) The implications for the nation.
(c) The constitutional issues.
(d) The ethical issues.

2. What happens with the CRP’s subpoenas in Chapter 13?
(a) They are seriously questioned by legal scholars.
(b) They are thrown out of court.
(c) They are upheld as constitutional.
(d) They require the recipients to go to court.

3. What does Bradlee’s statement in Chapter 9 announce?
(a) That the reporters are on probation.
(b) That certain facts from the Watergate stories have been recanted.
(c) That the paper stands by its reporters.
(d) That the paper has fired the reporters.

4. Who is the reporter’s fourth source about Haldeman’s access to the fund?
(a) Deep Throat.
(b) A lawyer.
(c) Sloan.
(d) An FBI agent.

5. What was Mitchell’s former position?
(a) Secretary of State.
(b) Attorney General.
(c) Head of CRP.
(d) Chief of Staff to the President.

6. Who issued the subpoenas?
(a) The Justice Department.
(b) The White House.
(c) CRP.
(d) Howard Hunt.

7. What happens to Haldeman and Ehrlichman in Chapter 16?
(a) They are fired.
(b) They resign.
(c) They give interviews to the press.
(d) They keep their jobs.

8. Whom does Bernstein vote for in the presidential election?
(a) McGovern.
(b) Muskie.
(c) He does not vote.
(d) Nixon.

9. How does Dean’s friend refer to the major Watergate players?
(a) By their initials.
(b) By their first names.
(c) By nicknames.
(d) By their last names.

10. What does Deep Throat refuse to do for Woodward in Chapter 9?
(a) He refuses to talk about Watergate anymore.
(b) He refuses to talk to him anymore.
(c) He refuses to be his source about Nixon.
(d) He refuses to be his source about Haldeman.

11. What does Liddy remark during the trial?
(a) That the King will save them.
(b) That the lawyers have put the men on trial in checkmate.
(c) That they’ve just captured the queen.
(d) That they’re all just pawns.

12. What is the theory presented as to why the men on trial plead guilty?
(a) They don’t understand the legal system.
(b) They know they will be caught anyway.
(c) They are remorseful.
(d) They anticipate a later pardon.

13. What does Sloan’s attorney say about Sloan’s denial?
(a) That he didn’t mean it.
(b) That he was right.
(c) That he denies the denial.
(d) That it is specific to this story.

14. What do Gray’s notes do to the Post?
(a) Confuse its reporters.
(b) Send its publisher to jail.
(c) Prove its sources wrong.
(d) Vindicate it.

15. Who is L. Patrick Gray?
(a) The head of the FBI.
(b) A member of CRP.
(c) The head of the CIA.
(d) A lawyer.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who writes the first part of the article about the unexpected witness at the end of Chapter 14?

2. Who does Woodward think might be tapping his apartment?

3. Who wins the presidential election?

4. How much money would Nixon have devoted to the Post take-down?

5. Where is Woodward when Bernstein gets his subpoena?

(see the answer keys)

This section contains 493 words (approx. 2 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample