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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Thirteen Days, pgs. 89-106.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Before the announcement could be made that there was a Cuban Missile Crisis, what did the press report on instead of the crisis?
(a) The President would make a speech.
(b) The OAS meeting.
(c) The normal news.
(d) The secret meetings of Ex Comm.

2. What did Dobrynin say the Cubans resented when Robert meets with him after the U-2 was shot down?
(a) Socialism.
(b) U.S. democracy.
(c) Violation of Cuban air space.
(d) The Bay of Pigs.

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

4. Who sent messages praising Russia and castigating the U.S.?
(a) Ted Sorensen.
(b) David Ormsby Gore.
(c) Bertrand Russell.
(d) Fidel Castro.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What did the ex-Chancellor of Germany at the outbreak of the First World War ask his successor?

3. What happened around 10:30, October 27th, the first day of the blockade?

4. What does the change in attitude from the letter received on the 26th and the letter received on the 27th suggest?

5. Who urged the President to release photos of missiles to the UN for publication?

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