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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 does Robert believe had a "major psychological and practical effect on the Russians and changed our position . . . into a country acting in accordance with twenty allies legally protecting their position" (92)?
(a) A declaration of war.
(b) The African countries voicing support.
(c) Congressional approval.
(d) Support from the OAS.

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

3. According to the Afterword, the Cuban Missile Crisis is important on how many levels?
(a) Two.
(b) Ten.
(c) Five.
(d) Three.

4. What does the change in attitude from the letter received on the 26th and the letter received on the 27th suggest?
(a) Desire for war.
(b) Deception.
(c) Translation mistakes.
(d) Soviet confusion.

5. Who publicly confronted Soviet Union Ambassador V. A. Zorin?
(a) Ted Sorensen.
(b) Bertrand Russell.
(c) David Ormsby Gore.
(d) Adlai Stevenson.

Short Answer Questions

1. How far was the original line of interception for the blockade?

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

3. What did JFK believe was the likelihood of nuclear war when dealing with the Cuban Missile Crisis?

4. Who handles all international problems for the U.S.?

5. 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)?

(see the answer key)

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