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

2. What type of non-fiction is Thirteen Days?
(a) Biography.
(b) Memoir.
(c) Essay.
(d) Textbook.

3. How did the members of Ex Comm avoid arousing suspicion when visiting the White House at 9:15 at night?
(a) They all rode with Robert.
(b) Not all went to the meeting.
(c) They arrived at different times.
(d) They took the secret entrance.

4. What does Robert claim can "best be judged by conflict, by debate" (86)?
(a) Business.
(b) Leaders.
(c) Opinion.
(d) Life.

5. Who said "war is impossible . . . there is no alternative to peace" (104)?
(a) Dwight D. Eisenhower.
(b) Thomas Schelling.
(c) Theodore Sorensen.
(d) Robert McNamara.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many countries does the Secretary of State have to deal with?

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

3. Who was U Thant?

4. According to the afterword, what would choosing nuclear war mean?

5. Robert tells that JFK felt that if what had happened could be considered a triumph, it was only one for who?

(see the answer key)

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