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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the informal name of the group that included Hunt, Liddy, Young, and Krough?
(a) The Lifeguards.
(b) The Plumbers.
(c) The Electricians.
(d) The Carpenters.

2. Whom does Bernstein think will win the presidential election?
(a) McGovern.
(b) Muskie.
(c) Nixon.
(d) He does not vote.

3. What does Sloan refuse to confirm?
(a) His own access to the fund.
(b) That Haldeman had access to the fund.
(c) The story as written.
(d) Any of his previous statements.

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

5. How do the reporters react to the FBI agent in Chapter 9?
(a) They beat him up.
(b) They thank him.
(c) They threaten him.
(d) They print his name in the paper.

6. What are Bernstein and Woodward unable to substantiate in Chapter 14?
(a) Nixon’s involvement in Watergate.
(b) Liddy’s involvement in Watergate.
(c) Magruder and Dean’s involvement in Watergate.
(d) Hunt’s involvement in Watergate.

7. Who writes the first part of the article about the unexpected witness at the end of Chapter 14?
(a) Meyer.
(b) Woodward.
(c) Bernstein.
(d) Bradlee.

8. How does Dean feel about going to jail, according to his friend?
(a) He wants to avoid it more than anything.
(b) He is resigned to it.
(c) He is relieved to go.
(d) He will fight it.

9. What upsets the reporters about Nixon’s announcement regarding executive privilege in Chapter 14?
(a) It is all for show.
(b) It makes Nixon look bad.
(c) It confuses the public.
(d) It changes the facts of their article.

10. Who does Woodward think might be tapping his apartment?
(a) The FBI.
(b) The White House.
(c) CRP.
(d) The CIA.

11. What are the legal consequences for the reporters of having contacted jury members?
(a) They are indicted.
(b) They are acquitted.
(c) They are imprisoned.
(d) There are no consequences.

12. What does Woodward think Graham is trying to tell him?
(a) That she thinks he has invented sources.
(b) That she loves their coverage of Watergate.
(c) That she needs them to stop covering the story.
(d) That the reporters need to be careful in the future.

13. What statement about the President most upsets his aide at the end of Chapter 15?
(a) That Dean will claim he is a crook.
(b) That he is going to jail.
(c) That he is a liar.
(d) That he will be impeached.

14. Why does Deep Throat tell Woodward that he would warn him off a bad story?
(a) Out of an ethical duty.
(b) To protect his own job.
(c) For the integrity of the press.
(d) Because they are friends.

15. How do the reporters later feel about their reaction to the FBI agent?
(a) Proud.
(b) Indifferent.
(c) Good.
(d) Terrible.

Short Answer Questions

1. Do the reporters think Segretti will do that he does not?

2. Are Woodward and Bernstein allowed to talk to witnesses at the trial?

3. Who is the reporter’s fourth source about Haldeman’s access to the fund?

4. Whom does Kissinger contact at the Post when he is angry?

5. What does Colson deny in Chapter 15?

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