View a FREE sample

This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Thirteen Days, pgs. 35-61.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. How many Americans could potentially have died within minutes of the known missiles being fired off as of October 18th?
(a) Eighty million.
(b) Eighty thousand.
(c) Eight hundred.
(d) Eight million.

3. Who was U Thant?
(a) Soviet Chairman.
(b) Secretary of Defense.
(c) Acting Secretary General of the United Nations.
(d) Soviet Ambassador to the United Nations.

4. According to Robert in the section, "It was now up to one single man," what did JFK stress in his speech to the nation?
(a) The U.S. would invade Cuba.
(b) The surgical air-strike was the initial step.
(c) The U.S. was not yet in danger.
(d) The blockade was the initial step.

5. What did Ex Comm believe would happen if they put a blockade around Cuba?
(a) Cuba would give up.
(b) Russia would put a blockade around Berlin.
(c) Cuba would bomb the naval fleet.
(d) Russia would use nuclear force.

Short Answer Questions

1. 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?

2. What position did John McCloy one hold?

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

4. Who presented the argument for a blockade?

5. What was the main reason that the President did not attend all of the Ex Comm meetings?

(see the answer key)

This section contains 302 words (approx. 2 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample