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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 disturbing news increased the danger of intercepting a Russian ship?
(a) The nuclear devices being transported were unstable.
(b) The air crafts following the ships.
(c) A Russian submarine approached as well.
(d) The Russian refusal to stop.

2. Whose plane was shot down while flying reconnaissance over Cuba?
(a) General McNamara.
(b) Secretary Rusk.
(c) Major Rudolf Anderson, Jr.
(d) John Kennedy, Jr.

3. 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)?
(a) Dobrynin.
(b) General McCone.
(c) Khrushchev.
(d) JFK.

4. Which country does Robert identify that originally doubted the U.S.'s position regarding Cuba?
(a) France.
(b) Germany.
(c) Great Britain.
(d) Brazil.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who was Tommy Thompson?

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

3. Who told Ambassador Dobrynin about the President's intended speech?

4. Who said, "I am not in an American courtroom, sir, and therefore I do not wish to answer a question that is put to me in the fashion in which a prosecutor puts questions" (58)?

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

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