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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. What was JFK's feeling after meeting with a Russian representative after learning about missiles in Cuba?
(a) Depressed.
(b) Rage.
(c) Content.
(d) Displeased.

2. What did JFK ask in a letter to Khrushchev after ordering the blockade?
(a) All shipes to turn back.
(b) For Khrushchev to observe the quarantine.
(c) For Khrushchev to leave Berlin out of their deliberations.
(d) All missiles to be handed over.

3. Who was JFK communicating with on a daily basis?
(a) Robert.
(b) The OAS.
(c) U Thant.
(d) Khrushechev.

4. When did John F. Kennedy call his brother, Robert, to the White House to discuss the photographs taken over Cuba?
(a) September 4, 1962.
(b) October 15, 1964.
(c) October 20, 1964.
(d) October 16, 1962.

5. Who said "we are now in an entirely new ball game" (74)?
(a) Anderson.
(b) McNamara.
(c) JFK.
(d) Robert Kennedy.

Short Answer Questions

1. What position did Robert hold in the Kennedy administration?

2. What did JFK read aloud at a meeting with a Russian representative?

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

4. Who would analyze Khrushchev's personal letter and make recommendations on October 27th?

5. When the Soviet Union refused to acknowledge the blockade, how often were low level flights conducted over Cuba?

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