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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Thirteen Days, pgs. 106-150.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When the Soviet Union refused to acknowledge the blockade, how often were low level flights conducted over Cuba?
(a) Five times a day.
(b) Every two hours.
(c) Every hour.
(d) Once a day.

2. What was different about the letter received on the morning of October 27th from the letter received October 26th?
(a) More cooperative.
(b) Less aggressive.
(c) More apologetic.
(d) More formal.

3. What feeling does Robert believe Congress and the country is turning to but should not?
(a) Marxism.
(b) Communism.
(c) Inclusion.
(d) Isolationism.

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

5. In a conversation between JFK and Robert, how far did JFK say that he wanted to push the Russians?
(a) He did not want to push them at all.
(b) Not one inch farther than required.
(c) To the precipice of no turning back.
(d) To the brink of war.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Eisenhower create in order to pre-associate Congress with the Presidents decisions to move militarily?

2. Who publicly confronted Soviet Union Ambassador V. A. Zorin?

3. How did Joseph P. Kennedy, Jr. die?

4. Who said "He can't do that to me" (115) when he learned that missiles were being placed in Cuba?

5. 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)?

(see the answer key)

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