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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Thirteen Days, pgs. 35-61.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Before the announcement could be made that there was a Cuban Missile Crisis, what did the press report on instead of the crisis?
(a) The President would make a speech.
(b) The secret meetings of Ex Comm.
(c) The OAS meeting.
(d) The normal news.

2. When did John F. Kennedy call his brother, Robert, to the White House to discuss the photographs taken over Cuba?
(a) September 4, 1962.
(b) October 20, 1964.
(c) October 15, 1964.
(d) October 16, 1962.

3. Who intervened with the newspapers to delay the report of the Cuban Missile Crisis?
(a) Robert Kennedy.
(b) JFK.
(c) Ed Martin.
(d) George Ball.

4. Who was U Thant?
(a) Soviet Chairman.
(b) Acting Secretary General of the United Nations.
(c) Soviet Ambassador to the United Nations.
(d) Secretary of Defense.

5. Who wrote the note saying, "I now know how Tojo felt when he was planning Pearl Harbor" (24)?
(a) John F. Kennedy.
(b) Robert F. Kennedy.
(c) Lyndon B. Johnson.
(d) John McCone.

Short Answer Questions

1. How far was the original line of interception for the blockade?

2. After the announcement to the nation, how often would Ex Comm meet?

3. What was one recommendation from the military action plan?

4. What is SAM an acronym for?

5. After making his decision, when was the President's speech to the nation scheduled for?

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