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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 presented the argument for a blockade?
(a) Robert Kennedy.
(b) John McCone.
(c) Bob McNamara.
(d) Dean Rusk.

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

3. What is SAM an acronym for?
(a) Strategy against missiles.
(b) Submarine aquatic mission.
(c) Surface-to-air-missile.
(d) Surface attack mission.

4. What might have happened to the President if he had not acted?
(a) Death.
(b) Impeachment.
(c) Nothing.
(d) Public humiliation.

5. Who told Ambassador Dobrynin about the President's intended speech?
(a) Robert Kennedy.
(b) Adlai Stevenson.
(c) Secretary Rusk.
(d) Dean Acheson.

Short Answer Questions

1. In which branch of government does Robert believe rank often plays a role?

2. 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)?

3. While Ex Comm was making final decisions regarding their recommendations, JFK was where?

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

5. What does Robert believe often leads to war?

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