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

2. What book had JFK recently read that had to do with miscalculations leading to war?
(a) Night.
(b) The Guns of August.
(c) The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich.
(d) The Dangerous Summer.

3. Who said, "if the Russians' response makes a military action or invasion inevitable, I want to be able to feel that we will not have to waste any days having to get ready" (47).
(a) JFK.
(b) Secretary McNamara.
(c) General LeMay.
(d) General Shoup.

4. Who suggested that the US take military action against Cuba for America's safety, not knowing about the missiles?
(a) Senator J. William Fulbright.
(b) Senator Homer E. Caphart.
(c) Senator Robert F. Kennedy.
(d) Senator Richard B. Russell.

5. Against what strategy was the following argument used: It would be like "closing the door after the horse has left the barn" (28)?
(a) Air stike.
(b) Nuclear War.
(c) Blockade.
(d) Summit.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did JFK read aloud at a meeting with a Russian representative?

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

3. How many Americans could potentially have died within minutes of the known missiles being fired off as of October 18th?

4. What was the name of the first tanker to reach the barrier?

5. Who said, "It is exactly what I would have done . . . a great government such as yours does not act without evidence" (41)?

(see the answer key)

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