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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Thirteen Days, pgs. 63-88.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Who wrote the letter responding to Khrushchev's first letter?
(a) The Joint Chiefs of Staff.
(b) The State Department.
(c) Robert and Sorensen.
(d) JFK and Robert.

3. How far was the original line of interception for the blockade?
(a) 750 miles.
(b) 800 miles.
(c) 500 miles.
(d) 8000 miles.

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) Soviet confusion.
(d) Translation mistakes.

5. According to Robert in the section, "It was now up to one single man," what did JFK stress in his speech to the nation?
(a) The U.S. would invade Cuba.
(b) The blockade was the initial step.
(c) The U.S. was not yet in danger.
(d) The surgical air-strike was the initial step.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who was U Thant?

2. Who was concerned about how the U.S. would convince the rest of the world that the blockade was necessary and legal?

3. What did JFK order into the air at all times until the crisis was over?

4. Who did JFK have a meeting with that was scheduled before the information about Cuba had been found?

5. What might have happened to the President if he had not acted?

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