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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Deep Throat think that the statement referenced in #115 is obvious?
(a) Because Gray was hired.
(b) Because Mitchell resigned.
(c) Because Liddy and Hunt were hired.
(d) Because Sloan resigned.

2. What is the code name of Bernstein’s new source?
(a) Deeper Throat.
(b) My Friend.
(c) Z.
(d) Anonymous.

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

4. 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 will be impeached.
(d) That he is a liar.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Bernstein want to confirm in Chapter 14?

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

3. What is the tone of Dean’s statement at the beginning of Chapter 15?

4. Who is the reporter’s third source about Haldeman’s access to the fund?

5. How do the reporters react to the FBI agent in Chapter 9?

Short Essay Questions

1. What did the FBI fail to do with the Watergate Seven's address books?

2. What does the Post do to try to avoid surveillance?

3. What do the reporters believe about Segretti?

4. What surveillance did CRP, the CIA, and/or the White House have on the Post reporters?

5. Why does CRP try to recruit university students?

6. Why are the reporters relieved about Judge Sirica's handling of their approaching jurors?

7. What is Haldeman's main mode of operation, according to the reporters?

8. What does Woodward think Deep Throat is warning him about, in the worst case scenario?

9. How does the book describe Haldeman's relationship to CRP?

10. Why is Deep Throat so upset about the Haldeman article?

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