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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Thirteen Days, pgs. 35-61.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How long before the President's address to the nation did they tell the ambassador of Russia?
(a) Five minutes.
(b) Twelve hours.
(c) One day.
(d) An hour.

2. How did the members of Ex Comm avoid arousing suspicion when visiting the White House at 9:15 at night?
(a) Not all went to the meeting.
(b) They all rode with Robert.
(c) They arrived at different times.
(d) They took the secret entrance.

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)?
(a) Robert F. Kennedy.
(b) General LeMay.
(c) General Shoup.
(d) John F. Kennedy.

4. What did Robert sarcastically claim to be the advantage to being wrong in the case of military action?
(a) America's nuclear power would keep other countries from voicing disapproval.
(b) It was favored by the American people.
(c) All of the enemies would be destroyed.
(d) No one would be around to know.

5. Who does Robert speak to about the President's concern about missiles in Cuba on September 4th?
(a) The Deputy Attorney General.
(b) Ambassador Dobrynin.
(c) Soviet Chairman Nikita Khrushchev.
(d) The President.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Ex Comm believe would happen if they put a blockade around Cuba?

2. Who presented the argument for a blockade?

3. Before the announcement could be made that there was a Cuban Missile Crisis, what did the press report on instead of the crisis?

4. According to Robert in the section, "It was now up to one single man," what did JFK stress in his speech to the nation?

5. Which group was created "for the purpose of effective conduct of the operations of the executive branch in the current crisis" (45)?

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