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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. Whom did Dr. Christine Blasey Ford accuse before a U.S. Senate committee of having sexually assaulted her while drunk in high school?

2. When did Megan Twohey begin working at the New York Times?

3. How much money did Weinstein pay Lisa Bloom as an initial retainer?

4. Where did the Weinstein brothers take the film Fahrenheit 9/11 for distribution when Disney refused to distribute it?

5. Who connected Jodi Kantor with Amy Israel?

Short Essay Questions

1. What inspired Jodi Kantor to investigate allegations of sexual misconduct against Harvey Weinstein?

2. What were the repercussions for Harvey Weinstein following his alleged sexual assault of Rose McGowan?

3. What complaints did Zelda Perkins make of Harvey Weinstein's behavior?

4. Where did Ashley Judd attend college and graduate school? What did she study?

5. Who is Dean Baquet and how is his professional history described?

6. Who is Rebecca Corbett and how did she contribute to the story?

7. How is David Boies professional history described?

8. What led Zelda Perkins to leave working for Harvey Weinstein?

9. How did Laura Madden describe her experiences working for Harvey Weinstein?

10. What is an "NDA" and why are they important in this story?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the aftermath of the New York Times' initial article focusing on the alleged sexual misconduct of Harvey Weinstein at The Weinstein Company. How did the board members react to the allegations? What was Weinstein's stance regarding how to go forward? When did the company collapse?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the professional and personal circumstances of Ashley Judd and Gwyneth Paltrow during their communications with Jodi Kantor and Megan Twohey regarding the Weinstein story. What circumstances prevented Paltrow from going on the record in the first article? What led Judd to take a public stance in this first story? How did the voices of these women victims influence others?

Essay Topic 3

Describe and discuss the Me Too movement. When was "Me Too" initially coined as a phrase and by whom? When did this movement explode virally on the internet? How did the movement change American culture?

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