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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 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) Andrei Gromyko.
(b) Don Wilson.
(c) Adlai Stevenson.
(d) V. A. Zorin.

2. Which country does Robert identify that originally doubted the U.S.'s position regarding Cuba?
(a) Germany.
(b) France.
(c) Brazil.
(d) Great Britain.

3. What was the "legal foundation" (40) for the blockade?
(a) The OAS Charter.
(b) The Cuban Peace Treaty.
(c) The UN regulations.
(d) The OSHA regulations.

4. After making his decision, when was the President's speech to the nation scheduled for?
(a) Sunday evening.
(b) Saturday afternoon.
(c) Tuesday morning.
(d) Monday evening.

5. What might have happened to the President if he had not acted?
(a) Nothing.
(b) Public humiliation.
(c) Death.
(d) Impeachment.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was one requirement of the blockade plan?

2. Who was U Thant?

3. How many Russian submarines were in the Caribbean after the blockade took effect?

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

5. Whose plane was shot down while flying reconnaissance over Cuba?

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