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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. Whose plane was shot down while flying reconnaissance over Cuba?
(a) Secretary Rusk.
(b) General McNamara.
(c) John Kennedy, Jr.
(d) Major Rudolf Anderson, Jr.

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

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

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) Andrei Gromyko.
(b) Don Wilson.
(c) Adlai Stevenson.
(d) V. A. Zorin.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. When did John F. Kennedy call his brother, Robert, to the White House to discuss the photographs taken over Cuba?

2. What did Ex Comm believe would happen if they put a blockade around Cuba?

3. What is SAM an acronym for?

4. When JFK says, "this is the night I should go to the theater" (84), what famous historical figure is he referencing?

5. What was the "legal foundation" (40) for the blockade?

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