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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 was the Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation at the time of the Cuban Missile Crisis?
(a) John Scali.
(b) Ronald Reagan.
(c) J. Edgar. Hoover.
(d) Dwight D. Eisenhower.

2. What disturbing news increased the danger of intercepting a Russian ship?
(a) The nuclear devices being transported were unstable.
(b) A Russian submarine approached as well.
(c) The Russian refusal to stop.
(d) The air crafts following the ships.

3. According to Robert in the section, "It was now up to one single man," what did JFK stress in his speech to the nation?
(a) The U.S. would invade Cuba.
(b) The blockade was the initial step.
(c) The surgical air-strike was the initial step.
(d) The U.S. was not yet in danger.

4. Who said, "I am not in an American courtroom, sir, and therefore I do not wish to answer a question that is put to me in the fashion in which a prosecutor puts questions" (58)?
(a) V. A. Zorin.
(b) Adlai Stevenson.
(c) Don Wilson.
(d) Andrei Gromyko.

5. Against what strategy was the following argument used: It would be like "closing the door after the horse has left the barn" (28)?
(a) Blockade.
(b) Air stike.
(c) Summit.
(d) Nuclear War.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many passengers were on the East German Passenger ship that approached the blockade?

2. In a conversation between JFK and Robert, how far did JFK say that he wanted to push the Russians?

3. What hit the U-2 plane that was flying reconnaissance over Cuba?

4. Robert describes the conflict in Cuba as one between two atomic nations. What are the two atomic nations he refers to?

5. Who said "war is impossible . . . there is no alternative to peace" (104)?

(see the answer key)

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