Question

Refer to Explorations in Literature for a complete version of this article.

Answer 1

The correct answer is D. They indicate that Nixon was overly focused on winning a second term and willing to do anything to secure victory.

The Watergate scandal, on June 1972, started when several burglars were arrested in the office of the Democratic National Committee. The prowlers were connected to Nixon’s reelection campaign, and they had been caught monitoring phones and stealing documents.

Later, Nixon gave a resignation speech that did not reflect much on his term and actions but was cursory and failed to give a trustworthy apology for the Watergate Scandal.  The speech was written to accent his accomplishments as a president.  This article written by Carroll Kilpatrick reproduces some of Nixon's words in the resignation speech, but also indicates the limitations of the mentioned speech and Nixon's earlier accomplishments.

Answer 2

They indicate that Nixon was overly focused on winning a second term and willing to do anything to secure victory.