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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. Why did JFK originally want to remove the missiles from Turkey?
(a) He wanted to invade Turkey.
(b) He did not want to anger the Soviets.
(c) They were dangerous to world peace.
(d) They were obsolete.

2. Whose plane was shot down while flying reconnaissance over Cuba?
(a) Secretary Rusk.
(b) John Kennedy, Jr.
(c) Major Rudolf Anderson, Jr.
(d) General McNamara.

3. What details do Neustadt and Allison claim Robert did not include in the book because he is writing a memoir from the "top" (126)?
(a) Needs and frustrations of subordinate officials.
(b) Courage to tell about his mistakes
(c) Nothing, it is complete.
(d) Logical assessment of the Joint Chiefs of Staff.

4. What "committed American ground forces to what has become the longest war in our history" (102)?
(a) The Cuban Missile Crisis.
(b) The Tonkin Gulf Resolution.
(c) The Bay of Pigs.
(d) The invasion of Cambodia.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What did the Joint Chiefs of Staff view the missile crisis as?

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

3. How long did Congress "remain ignorant" (112) of the Soviet missiles in Cuba?

4. Who had the authority to oversee the implementation of a blockade?

5. At what time did the long and personal letter from Khrushchev come on October 26th?

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