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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 did JFK have a meeting with that was scheduled before the information about Cuba had been found?
(a) Ambassador Dobrynin.
(b) Soviet Chairman Nikita Khrushchev.
(c) Soviet Foreign Minister Andrei Gromyko.
(d) President Fidel Castro.

2. Who presented the United States case to the United Nations?
(a) Adlai Stevenson and John McCloy.
(b) David Shoup and John LeMay.
(c) JFK and Robert Kennedy.
(d) John McCone and Robert McNamara.

3. What possibility does JFK say everyone must accept if there is an invasion of Cuba?
(a) The U.S. may be unsuccessful.
(b) The Russians may immediately fire nuclear weapons.
(c) The Cubans may surrender immediately.
(d) A missile may be fired at the U.S.

4. Who unanimously pushed for immediate military action on Thursday October 18th?
(a) Americans.
(b) Ex Comm.
(c) The Joint Chiefs of Staff.
(d) Congress.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Robert suggest JFK do on September 4th regarding the possibility of Russia placing missiles in Cuba?

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

3. Who told Ambassador Dobrynin about the President's intended speech?

4. Who said, " You are in the courtroom of world opinion right now, and you can answer yes or no. You have denied that they exist, and I want to know whether or I have understood you correctly" (58)?

5. What was the "legal foundation" (40) for the blockade?

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