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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was Mitchell’s former position?

2. What was Dean’s attitude towards the Post coverage of Watergate?

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

4. What does the Senator want that Woodward can’t provide him?

5. According to Sloan, how much was paid out to the Watergate burglars?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What do the reporters believe about Segretti?

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

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

5. Why does McCord write his letter to the judge?

6. What is notable about the process server who finally finds Bernstein?

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

8. Why does CRP try to recruit university students?

9. Why does Nixon reference Cambodia in his public statement?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Nixon’s men are described as having corrupted other campaigns. Which campaigns, and why? Whom did they consider to be enemies? How did CRP go about trying to take down these enemies?

Essay Topic 2

Press Secretary Ziegler becomes a major character towards the end of the book. Why is he important? What is the press secretary’s role for the White House? Describe the problems he faces with the issue of Nixon’s erased tape, and their significance.

Essay Topic 3

Choose one major figure in the Watergate scandal. What did he go on to do afterwards? How was his career shaped by his involvement in this scandal?

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