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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 said, "I almost deliberately stayed in the minority. I felt that it was very important to keep the President's choices open" (118)?
(a) Bundy.
(b) Taylor.
(c) McNamara.
(d) Robert.

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

3. Against what strategy was the following argument used: It would be like "closing the door after the horse has left the barn" (28)?
(a) Nuclear War.
(b) Air stike.
(c) Blockade.
(d) Summit.

4. What does "Ex Comm" stand for?
(a) Executive Committee of the National Security Council.
(b) Executing Communists.
(c) Executing Communication for the Cold War.
(d) Executive Communications with Cuba.

5. What extended metaphor does Khrushchev use to conclude his letter from October 26th?
(a) The tying of a knot.
(b) A flood.
(c) A journey while driving a car.
(d) The scoring of a goal.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did JFK order into the air at all times until the crisis was over?

2. What animal does Khrushchev compare Russia and the U.S. to when he says they will be exterminated in the case of a war?

3. What "committed American ground forces to what has become the longest war in our history" (102)?

4. Who wrote the Afterword for Thirteen Days?

5. Who said "we are now in an entirely new ball game" (74)?

(see the answer key)

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