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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. Who said, "It is exactly what I would have done . . . a great government such as yours does not act without evidence" (41)?
(a) Dean Acheson.
(b) General de Gaulle.
(c) Chancellor Konrad Adenauer.
(d) Prime Minister John Diefenbaker.

2. What did the intelligence community tell JFK on September 19th, regarding the possibility of Russians putting offensive weapons in Cuba?
(a) Russia would not put offensive weapons in Cuba.
(b) Russia would put offensive weapons in Cuba, but they would not be a threat.
(c) Russia would use offensive weapons if in Cuba.
(d) Russia would put offensive weapons in Cuba.

3. What piece of information caused JFK to favor the blockade?
(a) No guarantee that American lives would not be lost.
(b) The Russian demand to remove bombs from Turkey.
(c) Russian promise to use nuclear weapons against Berlin.
(d) No guarantee of all missiles being destroyed.

4. Robert describes the conflict in Cuba as one between two atomic nations. What are the two atomic nations he refers to?
(a) Berlin and Cuba.
(b) US and Cuba.
(c) US and Germany.
(d) US and USSR.

5. What was JFK's feeling after meeting with a Russian representative after learning about missiles in Cuba?
(a) Depressed.
(b) Rage.
(c) Content.
(d) Displeased.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who intervened with the newspapers to delay the report of the Cuban Missile Crisis?

3. Who unanimously pushed for immediate military action on Thursday October 18th?

4. What does Robert believe often leads to war?

5. In the section entitled, "It was now up to one single man," when did JFK hope to broadcast his plan to the nation?

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