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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. When Robert meets with Dobrynin after the blockade is put into effect, what does Dobrynin say the ships will do?
(a) Re-route to another country.
(b) Take military action against boarders.
(c) Continue as planned.
(d) Turn back to Russia.

2. Who was U Thant?
(a) Acting Secretary General of the United Nations.
(b) Soviet Ambassador to the United Nations.
(c) Soviet Chairman.
(d) Secretary of Defense.

3. Who wrote, "there is just no foreseeable route by which the United States and Soviet Union could become involved in a major nuclear war" (104)?
(a) Dwight D. Eisenhower.
(b) Thomas Schelling.
(c) Thodore Sorensen.
(d) Robert McNamara.

4. What position did John McCloy one hold?
(a) Cheif Justice for the Supreme Court.
(b) Ambassador to Russia.
(c) High Commissioner to Germany.
(d) Secretary of State.

5. According to all of the discussions of removing missiles from Cuba, who would oversee the removal to be sure it was done?
(a) The U.S.
(b) The OAS
(c) The U.N.
(d) Britain.

Short Answer Questions

1. Robert tells he once heard World War Three would be fought with atomic weapons. What then would the next war be fought with?

2. Who is supposed to declare war according to the Constitution?

3. How many destroyers did the U.S. put in Caribbean waters?

4. What piece of information caused JFK to favor the blockade?

5. Who does JFK write to after the Russians agree to remove missiles from Cuba?

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