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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. According to all of the discussions of removing missiles from Cuba, who would oversee the removal to be sure it was done?
(a) The OAS
(b) The U.S.
(c) Britain.
(d) The U.N.

2. What did JFK ask in a letter to Khrushchev after ordering the blockade?
(a) For Khrushchev to leave Berlin out of their deliberations.
(b) For Khrushchev to observe the quarantine.
(c) All missiles to be handed over.
(d) All shipes to turn back.

3. What was the "final lesson" (95) learned from the Cuban Missile Crisis?
(a) Retreat when necessary.
(b) Push the opponent into a corner.
(c) Hold out until the last minute.
(d) See the opponents' perspective.

4. Who said "He can't do that to me" (115) when he learned that missiles were being placed in Cuba?
(a) JFK.
(b) Theodore Sorensen.
(c) Lyndon Johnson.
(d) Robert.

5. What event happened two years before the Cuban Missile Crisis and effected JFK's decision making?
(a) The Red Scare.
(b) Bombing of Hiroshima.
(c) Bay of Pigs.
(d) World War II.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Dean Acheson believe the blockade was?

2. Who would analyze Khrushchev's personal letter and make recommendations on October 27th?

3. What book had JFK recently read that had to do with miscalculations leading to war?

4. Which country does Robert identify that originally doubted the U.S.'s position regarding Cuba?

5. In the section "Tuesday morning, October 16, 1962 . . .," why were initial reports of missiles in Cuba not passed on to the President?

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