1. Before the announcement could be made that there was a Cuban Missile Crisis, what did the press report on instead of the crisis?
(a) The President would make a speech.
(b) The normal news.
(c) The OAS meeting.
(d) The secret meetings of Ex Comm.

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?
(a) Moles.
(b) Rats.
(c) Hawkes.
(d) Doves.

3. What word would best complete the following quote? "No action is taken against a powerful adversary in a _____________" (96).
(a) War.
(b) Nuclear world.
(c) Vacuum.
(d) Benign manner.

4. Who urged the President to release photos of missiles to the UN for publication?
(a) Pierre Salinger
(b) Ted Sorensen.
(c) Adlai Stevenson.
(d) Dovid Ormsby Gore.

5. In the section entitled, "It was now up to one single man," when did JFK hope to broadcast his plan to the nation?
(a) Sunday.
(b) Tuesday.
(c) Never.
(d) Monday.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did JFK say, "Above all, while defending our own vital interests, nuclear powers must avert those confrontations which bring an adversary to the choice of either a humiliating defeat or a nuclear war" (97)?

2. What might have happened to the President if he had not acted?

3. How many Russian submarines were in the Caribbean after the blockade took effect?

4. How long before the President's address to the nation did they tell the ambassador of Russia?

5. What did Adlai Stevenson suggest that offended many members of Ex Comm?

(see the answer key)

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