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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. 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 OAS meeting.
(c) The normal news.
(d) The secret meetings of Ex Comm.

2. Which two countries in Africa did JFK seek support from during the missile crisis?
(a) Guinea and Senegal.
(b) Algeria and Kenya.
(c) Canary Islands and South Africa.
(d) Egypt and Ethiopia.

3. Which group was created "for the purpose of effective conduct of the operations of the executive branch in the current crisis" (45)?
(a) The Cabinet.
(b) Joint Chiefs of Staff.
(c) Organization of American States.
(d) Executive Committee of the National Security Council.

4. According to the Afterword, what did victory mean pre-1945?
(a) Disarming the enemy.
(b) New land to govern.
(c) Elimination of the enemy.
(d) Occupation of another country.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who said, "I have participated in two wars and know that war ends when it has rolled through cities and villages, everywhere sowing death and destruction" (67)?

2. What hit the U-2 plane that was flying reconnaissance over Cuba?

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

4. What does the change in attitude from the letter received on the 26th and the letter received on the 27th suggest?

5. Who said, "if the Russians' response makes a military action or invasion inevitable, I want to be able to feel that we will not have to waste any days having to get ready" (47).

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