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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. Why did JFK change the line of interception for the blockade?
(a) To show force.
(b) To tighten the line.
(c) For safety.
(d) To buy time.

2. Who wrote the note saying, "I now know how Tojo felt when he was planning Pearl Harbor" (24)?
(a) John McCone.
(b) John F. Kennedy.
(c) Robert F. Kennedy.
(d) Lyndon B. Johnson.

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

4. While Ex Comm was making final decisions regarding their recommendations, JFK was where?
(a) New York.
(b) Russia.
(c) Washington D.C.
(d) Chicago.

5. What was Robert's main argument against a surprise attack?
(a) Christian morality.
(b) America's traditions and history.
(c) Cowardice of surprise.
(d) Ineffectiveness of attack.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. When looking at the first photographs of the missile bases in Cuba, what did JFK say it looked like?

3. Who, due to his role in the government, might have been the leader of Ex Comm if he had been able to attend more meetings?

4. Who presented the United States case to the United Nations?

5. What did Robert sarcastically claim to be the advantage to being wrong in the case of military action?

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