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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. Who does JFK meet with whom Robert claims he "trusted implicitly" (51)?
(a) Secretary Adlai Stevenson.
(b) Ambassador David Ormsby-Gore.
(c) Ambassador Dobrynin.
(d) Secretary John McNamara.

2. Where did JFK say, "Above all, while defending our own vital interests, nuclear powers must avert those confrontations which bring an adversary to the choice of either a humiliating defeat or a nuclear war" (97)?
(a) Harvard University.
(b) American University.
(c) Cornell University.
(d) Princeton University.

3. What countries were supporting the U.S. and recommending that the U.S. not give in to Soviet demands?
(a) AXIS.
(b) NATO.
(c) HOA.
(d) U.N.

4. Who was Tommy Thompson?
(a) Secretary of State.
(b) Former Ambassador to Cuba.
(c) Former Ambassador to the Soviet Union.
(d) Chief of Staff.

5. What hit the U-2 plane that was flying reconnaissance over Cuba?
(a) Bullets.
(b) Torpedo.
(c) Starbursts.
(d) SAM.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Dobrynin say the Cubans resented when Robert meets with him after the U-2 was shot down?

2. What happened around 10:30, October 27th, the first day of the blockade?

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

4. When JFK says, "this is the night I should go to the theater" (84), what famous historical figure is he referencing?

5. Who was the ex-Chancellor of Germany at the outbreak of World War I?

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