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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. Who is the reporter who has distinguished himself as conscientious, hardworking and driven at the time of the break in though he's only been at the Post for a few months?
(a) Ben Bradlee
(b) Carl Bernstein
(c) Spiro Agnew
(d) Bob Woodward

2. Ignatius proves mismatched for the job of Post ___________ and is replaced by John Prescott.
(a) Editor
(b) President
(c) Reporter manager
(d) Publisher

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

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

5. Phil orders a trip for the whole family to ___________ before sending Don off to Harvard.
(a) Europe
(b) Hawaii
(c) Florida
(d) Bermuda

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. To what movement is Kay finally awakening, causing her to take action for the cause?

4. What does Mother do with Kay in order to take her mind off thinking about Phil's suicide?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What happens as the result of Kay being conditioned to deal only with important people?

2. What are the standing orders of Bradlee during the Watergate story that is unfolding?

3. What is the line that Phil uses in his speeches that is still quoted to this day?

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

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

6. What happens after Stevenson meets up with Kay when she is in London on her way to the Aegean?

7. What does Roger Parkinson suggest when the pressmen strike and attack?

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

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

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

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