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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Thirteen Days, pgs. 89-106.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What hit the U-2 plane that was flying reconnaissance over Cuba?
(a) SAM.
(b) Bullets.
(c) Torpedo.
(d) Starbursts.

2. Who was approached by a Soviet Embassy official to offer a proposal for removing the missiles from Cuba?
(a) Sorensen.
(b) Robert.
(c) JFK.
(d) John Scali.

3. According to the Afterword, the Cuban Missile Crisis is important on how many levels?
(a) Two.
(b) Three.
(c) Ten.
(d) Five.

4. Which group was created "for the purpose of effective conduct of the operations of the executive branch in the current crisis" (45)?
(a) Organization of American States.
(b) The Cabinet.
(c) Executive Committee of the National Security Council.
(d) Joint Chiefs of Staff.

5. How many countries does the Secretary of State have to deal with?
(a) One hundered and twenty.
(b) Seven.
(c) One hundered and seventy-five.
(d) Fifty.

Short Answer Questions

1. What might have happened to the President if he had not acted?

2. Whose plane was shot down while flying reconnaissance over Cuba?

3. According to Robert in "Some of the things we learned . . .," what must a President have access to?

4. According to Robert in "The importance of placing ourselves in the other country's shoes," why was JFK reluctant to attack the missile sites after a U.S. U-2 was shot down?

5. Who handles all international problems for the U.S.?

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