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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Men and women typically __________ after dinner in Washington, but as Kay rebels, the practice disappears all over Washington.
(a) Leave
(b) Come together
(c) Drink
(d) Segregate

2. Kay hesitates, but eventually accepts an invitation to cruise the Greek islands with ____________.
(a) Henry Kissinger
(b) Truman Capote
(c) Carl Jung
(d) Rollo May

3. Kay's friend Polly Wisner's husband also ___________, just as Kay's husband Phil did.
(a) Runs a paper
(b) Likes the country
(c) Has an affair
(d) Commits suicide

4. Kay resents ____________'s unwillingness to accept her, but is intimidated and defers to his ideas.
(a) Elliott
(b) Bradlee
(c) Benton
(d) Sweeterman

5. What does Phil have to cut back on since Kay is ill, helping his mental health tremendously?
(a) Drinking
(b) Time overseas
(c) Work schedule
(d) Social schedule

6. Kay leaves it to ____________ to decide whether to invest in cable television news, which is not pursued.
(a) John Prescott
(b) The board
(c) Warren Buffet
(d) Ben Bradlee

7. Concerned about his place in history, LBJ has brought masses of top secret documents about ____________.
(a) Cuba
(b) Nixon
(c) Vietnam
(d) England

8. Who makes the first connection to Nixon's re-election fund, keeping him from getting fired from his reporter job?
(a) Ben Bradlee
(b) John Waters
(c) Carl Bernstein
(d) Bob Woodward

9. Kay cares about the ________ and keeping it in the family, so she has to make it work.
(a) Graham name
(b) Car
(c) Paper
(d) House

10. What is the publication that Phil decides to buy to help strengthen the Post company?
(a) Time Magazine
(b) San Francisco Chronicle
(c) Newsweek
(d) Chicago Tribune

11. When Kay gets Newsweek to feature the _______________, it is the worst selling issue of the year.
(a) Korean War
(b) Third World
(c) Vietnam War
(d) Cast of MASH

12. Newsweek loses money and diverts talent to its ill-conceived launching of ___________.
(a) Inside Sports
(b) Everett Herald
(c) ESPN
(d) News Today

13. Kay believes it is difficult to appraise what kind of president _________ might have been had he lived longer.
(a) FDR
(b) John F. Kennedy
(c) Spiro Agnew
(d) LBJ

14. Kay gives _________ broad autonomy and he is not bothered by her higher profile.
(a) Don
(b) Hamilton
(c) Simmons
(d) Warren

15. Kay travels 10,000 miles to interview people, leaving ________ with space to establish his authority.
(a) Ben
(b) Warren
(c) John
(d) Don

Short Answer Questions

1. The break in at the _____________ National Headquarters is first dismissed as a third rate burglary.

2. Beebe dies of ______ the day after listening to Nixon's speech and giving a last hurrah from his hospital bed.

3. Kay is sufficiently free from worry to indulge in her interest in _____________, pushing her to travel around the world.

4. The White House plays down fears that the company's _________ might be in danger when the time comes for renewal.

5. Kay may be influenced by Gloria Steinem, but she is put off by the militant ____________ extremists.

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