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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. How did the members of Ex Comm avoid arousing suspicion when visiting the White House at 9:15 at night?
(a) They arrived at different times.
(b) They took the secret entrance.
(c) They all rode with Robert.
(d) Not all went to the meeting.

2. When JFK says, "this is the night I should go to the theater" (84), what famous historical figure is he referencing?
(a) Martin Luther King Jr.
(b) Dwight D. Eisenhower.
(c) Harry S. Truman.
(d) Abraham Lincoln.

3. Who wrote, "there is just no foreseeable route by which the United States and Soviet Union could become involved in a major nuclear war" (104)?
(a) Dwight D. Eisenhower.
(b) Thodore Sorensen.
(c) Robert McNamara.
(d) Thomas Schelling.

4. According to Robert in "The importance of placing ourselves in the other country's shoes," why was JFK reluctant to attack the missile sites after a U.S. U-2 was shot down?
(a) The Russians would be forced to retaliate.
(b) The Cubans would attack
(c) It would humiliate Castro.
(d) Too many innocents would die.

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)?
(a) John F. Kennedy.
(b) Robert F. Kennedy.
(c) General Shoup.
(d) General LeMay.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Robert speak to about the President's concern about missiles in Cuba on September 4th?

2. What is one reason that the President may not include Congress in his decision making?

3. Robert tells that JFK felt that if what had happened could be considered a triumph, it was only one for who?

4. According to Robert in "Some of the things we learned . . .," what must a President have access to?

5. What did Dobrynin say the Cubans resented when Robert meets with him after the U-2 was shot down?

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