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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 publicly confronted Soviet Union Ambassador V. A. Zorin?
(a) Bertrand Russell.
(b) David Ormsby Gore.
(c) Adlai Stevenson.
(d) Ted Sorensen.

2. How did the members of Ex Comm avoid arousing suspicion when visiting the White House at 9:15 at night?
(a) They arrived at different times.
(b) They all rode with Robert.
(c) Not all went to the meeting.
(d) They took the secret entrance.

3. Who was concerned about how the U.S. would convince the rest of the world that the blockade was necessary and legal?
(a) The Chancellor of West Germany.
(b) The French President.
(c) The Prime Minister of Canada.
(d) The leaders in OAS.

4. 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) September 4, 1962.
(c) October 15, 1964.
(d) October 20, 1964.

5. Who, due to his role in the government, might have been the leader of Ex Comm if he had been able to attend more meetings?
(a) John McCone.
(b) Thomas Bundy.
(c) Robert Kennedy.
(d) Dean Rusk.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Robert believe often leads to war?

3. After making his decision, when was the President's speech to the nation scheduled for?

4. Who sent messages praising Russia and castigating the U.S.?

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

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