Personal History Test | Final Test - Medium

This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 110 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.

Personal History Test | Final Test - Medium

This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 110 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.
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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. Wiggins is bothered by the advance knowledge of Diem's _____________ in 1963.
(a) Border agreement
(b) War
(c) Coup
(d) Assassination

2. What disease does Kay hide from Phil during a crucial time when she feels she should not upset him?
(a) Tuberculosis
(b) Breast cancer
(c) Diabetes
(d) Heart murmur

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

4. Nixon declares that his _________, John Dean, has investigated the break in and found no White House involvement.
(a) Best friend
(b) Secretary of State
(c) Chief Justice
(d) Counsel

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Phil decides to arbitrarily tone down Newsweek's reporting of the _______________.

2. Phil has stated before that journalism is the ____________ of history.

3. Kay realizes that the Post has no ___________ within four levels of her own position.

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

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. What happens during the pressmens' Pearl Harbor as Kay finds out early in the morning on October 1, 1975?

6. What does Simmons unload in order to begin to help the Washington Post be as profitable as possible?

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

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

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

10. Why does Kay feel it is her job to keep in touch with U.S. officials in and out of office?

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