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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 wrote the note saying, "I now know how Tojo felt when he was planning Pearl Harbor" (24)?
(a) Robert F. Kennedy.
(b) Lyndon B. Johnson.
(c) John F. Kennedy.
(d) John McCone.

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) All shipes to turn back.
(c) All missiles to be handed over.
(d) For Khrushchev to observe the quarantine.

3. When did John F. Kennedy call his brother, Robert, to the White House to discuss the photographs taken over Cuba?
(a) October 16, 1962.
(b) October 20, 1964.
(c) September 4, 1962.
(d) October 15, 1964.

4. On October 18th, photographs showed what disturbing new information?
(a) There were no missiles, it was a mistake.
(b) Atomic missiles were being directed at certain American cities.
(c) The Cubans were testing missiles.
(d) The missiles were complete.

5. How many Americans could potentially have died within minutes of the known missiles being fired off as of October 18th?
(a) Eight hundred.
(b) Eighty million.
(c) Eight million.
(d) Eighty thousand.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How long before the President's address to the nation did they tell the ambassador of Russia?

3. What was the "legal foundation" (40) for the blockade?

4. What was Robert's main argument against a surprise attack?

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)?

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