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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Through the 1970s, Kay feels that her ____________ exceeded her accomplishments.
(a) Weaknesses
(b) Rumors
(c) Results
(d) Expectations

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

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

4. Newsweek does less well financially than the Post because _________ is lenient with the editors.
(a) Kay
(b) Beebe
(c) Benton
(d) Bradlee

5. Where do the Grahams fly to finalize the formation of the Los Angeles Times-Washington Post News Service?
(a) San Francisco
(b) Washington DC
(c) Boston
(d) Los Angeles

6. Wiggins is bothered by the advance knowledge of Diem's _____________ in 1963.
(a) Assassination
(b) Border agreement
(c) War
(d) Coup

7. The guild continues to rally the_______, but it seems to pull an unwise stunt every time resolve begins to falter.
(a) Accountants
(b) Managers
(c) Editors
(d) Writers

8. What is the greatest worry of Kay in her role as a leader at the Post?
(a) Computers
(b) False stories
(c) Reporters
(d) Unions

9. Ben Bradlee's standing orders to the staff during the Watergate scandal is to push relentlessly for the ____________.
(a) Answers
(b) Story
(c) Government
(d) Truth

10. It comes out that Nixon has a _____________ about which he has apparently forgotten.
(a) Paper trail
(b) Journal
(c) Voice-activated taping system
(d) Secret video

11. What is the category under which the paper wins the Pulitzer Prize for the work on the DNC break in?
(a) Political reporting
(b) Investigative reporting
(c) National coverage
(d) Nixon

12. Woodward and Bernstein reveal a secret _________ fund used to gather intelligence controlled by Mitchell.
(a) DNC
(b) CRP
(c) AAA
(d) US

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Kay realizes she has been conditioned to work and to deal only with __________ people - something which needs to change.

2. Kay says that she likes Bush Sr. personally, but Newsweek labels him a _____________.

3. Who is the elected prime minister of Great Britain whom Kay is linked with romantically?

4. Kay is advised to fight for the Post and to prepare ___________ to inherit the paper by clerking during the summer.

5. Concerned about his place in history, LBJ has brought masses of top secret documents about ____________.

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