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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 did JFK believe should take public credit for the end of the missile crisis?
(a) Noone.
(b) Robert.
(c) The Joint Chiefs of Staff.
(d) Himself.

2. What did Adlai Stevenson suggest that offended many members of Ex Comm?
(a) Both a blockade and an air strike.
(b) The U.S. remove weapons from other countries in exchange for Russian removal of missiles.
(c) JFK should hold a summit before any action is taken.
(d) The nuclear bombardment of Cuba.

3. Who said "I am not going to follow a course which will allow anyone to write a comparable book about this time, The Missiles of October" (98)?
(a) JFK.
(b) Robert.
(c) Prince von Bulow.
(d) Barbara Tuchman.

4. What is one effect of pressure, according to Robert?
(a) It brings out unknown characteristics and strengths.
(b) It leads to quitting.
(c) It causes everyone to cry.
(d) It makes everyone agree.

5. 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.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the main reason that the President did not attend all of the Ex Comm meetings?

2. What is the crisis a microcosm for according to the authors of the Afterword?

3. What extended metaphor does Khrushchev use to conclude his letter from October 26th?

4. Who does JFK meet with whom Robert claims he "trusted implicitly" (51)?

5. Who said "he could not live with himself if he did not say in the strongest possible terms how important it was that we act with greater strength" (112)?

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