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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. ___________ has been holding the company together during the years of Phil's decline.
(a) Beebe
(b) Bradlee
(c) Father
(d) Cissy

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

3. Where does Phil request to go for his weekend break, even though doctors are concerned and Kay would have been had she seen the suicidal writings of Phil?
(a) Glen Welby
(b) Martha's Vineyard
(c) San Francisco
(d) Mt. Kisco

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Kay gives _________ broad autonomy and he is not bothered by her higher profile.

2. Kay is told it will take her __________ years to win the people's hearts from the Vietcong.

3. Kay's friend Polly Wisner's husband also ___________, just as Kay's husband Phil did.

4. The guests at the Bohlens' farewell party have no idea that Kennedy has already seen pictures of ___________.

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What happens when there are union negotiations taking place at the Post?

2. What is the world's reaction to Watergate during this time, as it's only just begun to unfold?

3. Why do the Grahams fly to Los Angeles in early 1962 at the start of this chapter?

4. How might one describe Kay's relationship to Sweeterman during her position at the Post?

5. What has Beebe been doing during the years of Phil's decline at the Post?

6. How does the Post already regard Richard Nixon as told from the point of view of Kay?

7. What action does Phil take that Kay is not completely convinced is a good idea?

8. What does the Nixon spokesman first say of the Democratic National Committee Headquarters break-in?

9. What does Henry Kissinger want to discuss when he sits down for a lunch with Kay?

10. What does Phil do in order to pay for the purchase of the news magazine for business people?

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