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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. Which group was created "for the purpose of effective conduct of the operations of the executive branch in the current crisis" (45)?
(a) The Cabinet.
(b) Organization of American States.
(c) Executive Committee of the National Security Council.
(d) Joint Chiefs of Staff.

2. What does Robert claim was impossible for Ex Comm to come up with when making their recommendations to JFK?
(a) A unanimous vote.
(b) The right answer.
(c) An intelligent response.
(d) A dogmatism.

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

4. Who did JFK have a meeting with that was scheduled before the information about Cuba had been found?
(a) Ambassador Dobrynin.
(b) Soviet Foreign Minister Andrei Gromyko.
(c) Soviet Chairman Nikita Khrushchev.
(d) President Fidel Castro.

5. What is one effect of pressure, according to Robert?
(a) It causes everyone to cry.
(b) It leads to quitting.
(c) It makes everyone agree.
(d) It brings out unknown characteristics and strengths.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did JFK ask in a letter to Khrushchev after ordering the blockade?

2. Why did JFK change the line of interception for the blockade?

3. Who said, "It is exactly what I would have done . . . a great government such as yours does not act without evidence" (41)?

4. How did the members of Ex Comm avoid arousing suspicion when visiting the White House at 9:15 at night?

5. When Robert meets with Dobrynin after the blockade is put into effect, what does Dobrynin say the ships will do?

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