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

2. What feeling does Robert believe Congress and the country is turning to but should not?
(a) Isolationism.
(b) Inclusion.
(c) Communism.
(d) Marxism.

3. Who was approached by a Soviet Embassy official to offer a proposal for removing the missiles from Cuba?
(a) Sorensen.
(b) JFK.
(c) Robert.
(d) John Scali.

4. While Ex Comm was making final decisions regarding their recommendations, JFK was where?
(a) Chicago.
(b) Washington D.C.
(c) New York.
(d) Russia.

5. Who said "war is impossible . . . there is no alternative to peace" (104)?
(a) Robert McNamara.
(b) Thomas Schelling.
(c) Theodore Sorensen.
(d) Dwight D. Eisenhower.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why did JFK originally want to remove the missiles from Turkey?

2. Whose job does Robert believe is getting bigger and is in actuality five jobs under one title?

3. What was JFK's feeling after meeting with a Russian representative after learning about missiles in Cuba?

4. What "committed American ground forces to what has become the longest war in our history" (102)?

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

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