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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Thirteen Days, pgs. 63-88.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Whose plane was shot down while flying reconnaissance over Cuba?
(a) Major Rudolf Anderson, Jr.
(b) John Kennedy, Jr.
(c) Secretary Rusk.
(d) General McNamara.

2. What hit the U-2 plane that was flying reconnaissance over Cuba?
(a) Torpedo.
(b) Bullets.
(c) Starbursts.
(d) SAM.

3. Why did JFK change the line of interception for the blockade?
(a) To tighten the line.
(b) For safety.
(c) To show force.
(d) To buy time.

4. How long before the President's address to the nation did they tell the ambassador of Russia?
(a) One day.
(b) An hour.
(c) Five minutes.
(d) Twelve hours.

5. Who presented the United States case to the United Nations?
(a) Adlai Stevenson and John McCloy.
(b) JFK and Robert Kennedy.
(c) David Shoup and John LeMay.
(d) John McCone and Robert McNamara.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does "Ex Comm" stand for?

2. Who was U Thant?

3. Who did JFK have a meeting with that was scheduled before the information about Cuba had been found?

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

5. How did the members of Ex Comm avoid arousing suspicion when visiting the White House at 9:15 at night?

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