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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. How many ships either stopped or turned back before reaching the blockade?
(a) 4.
(b) 10.
(c) 14.
(d) 25.

2. According to the Afterword, what did victory mean pre-1945?
(a) Elimination of the enemy.
(b) Occupation of another country.
(c) New land to govern.
(d) Disarming the enemy.

3. What does Robert believe had a "major psychological and practical effect on the Russians and changed our position . . . into a country acting in accordance with twenty allies legally protecting their position" (92)?
(a) Support from the OAS.
(b) A declaration of war.
(c) Congressional approval.
(d) The African countries voicing support.

4. Which country does Robert identify that originally doubted the U.S.'s position regarding Cuba?
(a) France.
(b) Germany.
(c) Great Britain.
(d) Brazil.

5. What is one effect of pressure, according to Robert?
(a) It causes everyone to cry.
(b) It leads to quitting.
(c) It makes everyone agree.
(d) It brings out unknown characteristics and strengths.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Robert sarcastically claim to be the advantage to being wrong in the case of military action?

2. How did Joseph P. Kennedy, Jr. die?

3. What did Dobrynin say the Cubans resented when Robert meets with him after the U-2 was shot down?

4. Who wrote the note saying, "I now know how Tojo felt when he was planning Pearl Harbor" (24)?

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

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