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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 book had JFK recently read that had to do with miscalculations leading to war?
(a) The Guns of August.
(b) The Dangerous Summer.
(c) Night.
(d) The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich.

2. Which group was created "for the purpose of effective conduct of the operations of the executive branch in the current crisis" (45)?
(a) Joint Chiefs of Staff.
(b) The Cabinet.
(c) Executive Committee of the National Security Council.
(d) Organization of American States.

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

4. Who was George Ball?
(a) The Secretary of State.
(b) The Under Secretary of State.
(c) Former Ambassador to Cuba.
(d) Chief of Staff.

5. What do men have the power to do today that they did not in past war making?
(a) Start wars without involving other countries.
(b) Save the world.
(c) Fight without killing anyone.
(d) Destroy mankind.

Short Answer Questions

1. What two items were added to the embargo list after the successful boarding of the Marucla?

2. How did Joseph P. Kennedy, Jr. die?

3. What possibility does JFK say everyone must accept if there is an invasion of Cuba?

4. Why does Khrushchev claim the Soviet Union has placed missiles in Cuba?

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

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