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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 was the "legal foundation" (40) for the blockade?
(a) The OSHA regulations.
(b) The UN regulations.
(c) The Cuban Peace Treaty.
(d) The OAS Charter.

2. Who was JFK communicating with on a daily basis?
(a) Khrushechev.
(b) U Thant.
(c) The OAS.
(d) Robert.

3. Who wrote the Afterword for Thirteen Days?
(a) David Schoenbrun.
(b) Theodore Sorensen.
(c) Richard Neustadt and Graham Allison.
(d) Arthur Schlesinger, Jr.

4. Who was George Ball?
(a) Chief of Staff.
(b) Former Ambassador to Cuba.
(c) The Secretary of State.
(d) The Under Secretary of State.

5. Why did JFK originally want to remove the missiles from Turkey?
(a) They were dangerous to world peace.
(b) He wanted to invade Turkey.
(c) He did not want to anger the Soviets.
(d) They were obsolete.

Short Answer Questions

1. What book had JFK recently read that had to do with miscalculations leading to war?

2. Who publicly confronted Soviet Union Ambassador V. A. Zorin?

3. According to Khrushchev, who are the only people who would provoke war in today's nuclear world?

4. What happened around 10:30, October 27th, the first day of the blockade?

5. Who did JFK believe should take public credit for the end of the missile crisis?

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