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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. How did Joseph P. Kennedy, Jr. die?
(a) Killed in WWII.
(b) Drowned.
(c) Contracted polio.
(d) Assassinated.

2. Who said, "I am not in an American courtroom, sir, and therefore I do not wish to answer a question that is put to me in the fashion in which a prosecutor puts questions" (58)?
(a) Adlai Stevenson.
(b) Don Wilson.
(c) V. A. Zorin.
(d) Andrei Gromyko.

3. What did Dobrynin say the Cubans resented when Robert meets with him after the U-2 was shot down?
(a) Socialism.
(b) The Bay of Pigs.
(c) Violation of Cuban air space.
(d) U.S. democracy.

4. In the section entitled, "It was now up to one single man," when did JFK hope to broadcast his plan to the nation?
(a) Tuesday.
(b) Never.
(c) Monday.
(d) Sunday.

5. What does "Ex Comm" stand for?
(a) Executing Communists.
(b) Executive Communications with Cuba.
(c) Executive Committee of the National Security Council.
(d) Executing Communication for the Cold War.

Short Answer Questions

1. What countries were supporting the U.S. and recommending that the U.S. not give in to Soviet demands?

2. Who does Robert speak to about the President's concern about missiles in Cuba on September 4th?

3. While Ex Comm was making final decisions regarding their recommendations, JFK was where?

4. How did the members of Ex Comm avoid arousing suspicion when visiting the White House at 9:15 at night?

5. Who was the Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation at the time of the Cuban Missile Crisis?

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