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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. What did JFK read aloud at a meeting with a Russian representative?
(a) Khrushchev's statement from September 19th.
(b) The Declaration of Independence.
(c) The Bible.
(d) His own statement from September 4th.

2. Who intervened with the newspapers to delay the report of the Cuban Missile Crisis?
(a) George Ball.
(b) Ed Martin.
(c) Robert Kennedy.
(d) JFK.

3. In the section "Tuesday morning, October 16, 1962 . . .," why were initial reports of missiles in Cuba not passed on to the President?
(a) They were lies.
(b) They were passed on to the President, but were ignored.
(c) They needed to be rechecked.
(d) They were reports from double agents.

4. Who does Robert speak to about the President's concern about missiles in Cuba on September 4th?
(a) The President.
(b) Ambassador Dobrynin.
(c) Soviet Chairman Nikita Khrushchev.
(d) The Deputy Attorney General.

5. What was one requirement of the blockade plan?
(a) All ship that enter the blockade be inspected.
(b) That no ships could pass the blockade.
(c) A promise to withdraw weapons from Berlin.
(d) A meeting with the Organization of American States.

Short Answer Questions

1. 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)?

2. Robert describes the conflict in Cuba as one between two atomic nations. What are the two atomic nations he refers to?

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

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

5. What did the intelligence community tell JFK on September 19th, regarding the possibility of Russians putting offensive weapons in Cuba?

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