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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, "You are in a pretty bad fix, Mr. President" (29)?
(a) Robert F. Kennedy.
(b) John F. Kennedy.
(c) General Shoup.
(d) General LeMay.

2. What did Secretary McNamara do, despite his dissent to the strategy?
(a) Sent communication to Khrushchev for a summit.
(b) Prepared the documents to release Berlin to Russia.
(c) Prepared the military for air bombardments.
(d) Ordered the blockade.

3. 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.

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

5. What did Robert suggest JFK do on September 4th regarding the possibility of Russia placing missiles in Cuba?
(a) Issue a statement that it would not be tolerated.
(b) Bomb Cuba.
(c) Threaten Soviet Chairman Nikita Khrushchev.
(d) Issue a statement of good will.

Short Answer Questions

1. What statement did the Russians make public on September 11th?

2. When looking at the first photographs of the missile bases in Cuba, what did JFK say it looked like?

3. Who did Robert admire and who also began attending meetings after the meeting with the Joint Chiefs of Staff?

4. What was one recommendation from the military action plan?

5. Who presented the argument for a blockade?

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