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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. How long before the President's address to the nation did they tell the ambassador of Russia?
(a) Five minutes.
(b) One day.
(c) Twelve hours.
(d) An hour.

2. What was different about the letter received on the morning of October 27th from the letter received October 26th?
(a) Less aggressive.
(b) More formal.
(c) More cooperative.
(d) More apologetic.

3. Who testified to Congress in 1964 that "in the first hour [of all-out nuclear war] one hundred million Americans and one hundred million Russians would be killed" (104)?
(a) Robert McNamara.
(b) Theodore Sorensen.
(c) Dwight D. Eisenhower.
(d) Thomas Schelling.

4. 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).
(a) General LeMay.
(b) General Shoup.
(c) JFK.
(d) Secretary McNamara.

5. What did the Joint Chief of Staff suggest the U.S. do to respond to the letter sent October 27th?
(a) Military action.
(b) Refuse any negotiations in a letter.
(c) Strengthen the blockade.
(d) Meet with Khrushchev personally.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. In the section entitled, "It was now up to one single man," when did JFK hope to broadcast his plan to the nation?

3. After making his decision, when was the President's speech to the nation scheduled for?

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

5. Who was George Ball?

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