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

2. What position did Robert hold in the Kennedy administration?
(a) Press Secretary.
(b) Secretary of Defense.
(c) Attorney General.
(d) Senator.

3. Who wrote the note saying, "I now know how Tojo felt when he was planning Pearl Harbor" (24)?
(a) John McCone.
(b) John F. Kennedy.
(c) Robert F. Kennedy.
(d) Lyndon B. Johnson.

4. 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) Not all went to the meeting.
(c) They took the secret entrance.
(d) They all rode with Robert.

5. What does Robert believe often leads to war?
(a) Hate.
(b) Pride.
(c) Greed.
(d) Prudence.

Short Answer Questions

1. Against what strategy was the following argument used: It would be like "closing the door after the horse has left the barn" (28)?

2. Before the announcement could be made that there was a Cuban Missile Crisis, what did the press report on instead of the crisis?

3. What might have happened to the President if he had not acted?

4. What piece of information caused JFK to favor the blockade?

5. When did John F. Kennedy call his brother, Robert, to the White House to discuss the photographs taken over Cuba?

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