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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Phil pressures John F. Kennedy to __________ taxes in order to boost the economy, a move which is successful.
(a) Offset
(b) Balance
(c) Cut
(d) Raise

2. The White House plays down fears that the company's _________ might be in danger when the time comes for renewal.
(a) Presses
(b) Airwave times
(c) Business licenses
(d) FCC licenses

3. Nixon suggests that Kay invite ___________ to an editorial luncheon to brief editors on Vietnam policy.
(a) Lyndon Johnson
(b) Steve Truman
(c) Henry Kissinger
(d) Spiro Agnew

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

5. Phil decides to arbitrarily tone down Newsweek's reporting of the _______________.
(a) War
(b) Bay of Pigs
(c) Pentagon Papers
(d) Watergate Scandal

6. Much of the nation thinks that the Watergate matter is _________ and stands with the president.
(a) Necessary
(b) True
(c) Overblown
(d) Useful

7. Kay actually told Women's Wear Daily back in 1969 that a ___________ would be better suited to her job than she.
(a) Man
(b) Reporter
(c) Monkey
(d) Woman

8. Star becomes less important to the world as Americans are no longer reading __________ newspapers.
(a) Trashy
(b) Gossip
(c) Any
(d) Afternoon

9. Beebe dies of ______ the day after listening to Nixon's speech and giving a last hurrah from his hospital bed.
(a) Diabetes
(b) Cancer
(c) Surgery complications
(d) Heart disease

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

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

12. Kay's goal is for politicians and other US officials to begin to see journalists as ____________.
(a) Lovers
(b) Partisan
(c) Bi-partisan
(d) Friends

13. Who leads the union at the time of the union disputes at the Post?
(a) John Dugan
(b) Ben Bradlee
(c) Brian Flores
(d) Jim Cooper

14. Kay declares that she will work, but that she will not __________ - the opposite of what many expected her to do.
(a) Stay single
(b) Work at the Post
(c) Remarry
(d) Use the trust money

15. Kay continues to lean heavily on _______ who helps her with running her company and keeping it financially secure.
(a) Cissy
(b) Buffet
(c) Mother
(d) Bradlee

Short Answer Questions

1. When Kay gets Newsweek to feature the _______________, it is the worst selling issue of the year.

2. Kay is certain that the Post and Newsweek will go harder on ____________ because of her friendship.

3. Kay resents ____________'s unwillingness to accept her, but is intimidated and defers to his ideas.

4. It comes out that Nixon has a _____________ about which he has apparently forgotten.

5. Wiggins is bothered by the advance knowledge of Diem's _____________ in 1963.

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