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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) Prepared the military for air bombardments.
(b) Prepared the documents to release Berlin to Russia.
(c) Sent communication to Khrushchev for a summit.
(d) Ordered the blockade.

3. What did Adlai Stevenson suggest that offended many members of Ex Comm?
(a) The U.S. remove weapons from other countries in exchange for Russian removal of missiles.
(b) The nuclear bombardment of Cuba.
(c) Both a blockade and an air strike.
(d) JFK should hold a summit before any action is taken.

4. On October 18th, photographs showed what disturbing new information?
(a) Atomic missiles were being directed at certain American cities.
(b) The missiles were complete.
(c) The Cubans were testing missiles.
(d) There were no missiles, it was a mistake.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What was one requirement of the blockade plan?

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

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

5. What type of non-fiction is Thirteen Days?

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