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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Thirteen Days, pgs. 106-150.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who presented the United States case to the United Nations?
(a) JFK and Robert Kennedy.
(b) Adlai Stevenson and John McCloy.
(c) David Shoup and John LeMay.
(d) John McCone and Robert McNamara.

2. Who does JFK meet with whom Robert claims he "trusted implicitly" (51)?
(a) Ambassador Dobrynin.
(b) Secretary John McNamara.
(c) Ambassador David Ormsby-Gore.
(d) Secretary Adlai Stevenson.

3. Who said, "they, no more than we, can let these things go by without doing something. They can't after all their statements, permit us to take out their missiles, kill a lot of Russians, and then do nothing. If they don't take action in Cuba, they certainly will in Berlin" (28)?
(a) General Shoup.
(b) John F. Kennedy.
(c) Robert F. Kennedy.
(d) General LeMay.

4. In a conversation between JFK and Robert, how far did JFK say that he wanted to push the Russians?
(a) He did not want to push them at all.
(b) To the precipice of no turning back.
(c) Not one inch farther than required.
(d) To the brink of war.

5. Who was JFK's principal speech writer?
(a) John McCone.
(b) McGeorge Bundy.
(c) Theodore Sorensen.
(d) Robert.

Short Answer Questions

1. What type of non-fiction is Thirteen Days?

2. Who wrote, "there is just no foreseeable route by which the United States and Soviet Union could become involved in a major nuclear war" (104)?

3. Who informed the President about the presence of Soviet missiles in Cuba?

4. Who suggested that the US take military action against Cuba for America's safety, not knowing about the missiles?

5. Who is supposed to declare war according to the Constitution?

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