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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. What hit the U-2 plane that was flying reconnaissance over Cuba?
(a) SAM.
(b) Starbursts.
(c) Bullets.
(d) Torpedo.

2. Who was the Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation at the time of the Cuban Missile Crisis?
(a) Ronald Reagan.
(b) Dwight D. Eisenhower.
(c) John Scali.
(d) J. Edgar. Hoover.

3. 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)?
(a) Pierre Salinger.
(b) Adlai Stevenson.
(c) V. A. Zorin.
(d) Don Wilson.

4. What did Ex Comm believe would happen if they put a blockade around Cuba?
(a) Russia would put a blockade around Berlin.
(b) Cuba would give up.
(c) Cuba would bomb the naval fleet.
(d) Russia would use nuclear force.

5. Who intervened with the newspapers to delay the report of the Cuban Missile Crisis?
(a) Robert Kennedy.
(b) Ed Martin.
(c) JFK.
(d) George Ball.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did JFK ask in a letter to Khrushchev after ordering the blockade?

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

3. Who said, "they, no more than we, can let these things go by without doing something. They can't after all their statements, permit us to take out their missiles, kill a lot of Russians, and then do nothing. If they don't take action in Cuba, they certainly will in Berlin" (28)?

4. What did the intelligence community tell JFK on September 19th, regarding the possibility of Russians putting offensive weapons in Cuba?

5. How many destroyers did the U.S. put in Caribbean waters?

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