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

2. What book had JFK recently read that had to do with miscalculations leading to war?
(a) The Guns of August.
(b) Night.
(c) The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich.
(d) The Dangerous Summer.

3. At what time did the long and personal letter from Khrushchev come on October 26th?
(a) 6PM.
(b) Noon.
(c) Midnight.
(d) 6AM.

4. Why does Khrushchev claim the Soviet Union has placed missiles in Cuba?
(a) To provoke the U.S. into war.
(b) To fire upon all major U.S. cities.
(c) To prevent the U.S. from invading.
(d) To potect the Soviet people in Cuba.

5. Who was concerned about how the U.S. would convince the rest of the world that the blockade was necessary and legal?
(a) The leaders in OAS.
(b) The Prime Minister of Canada.
(c) The Chancellor of West Germany.
(d) The French President.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was Robert's main argument against a surprise attack?

2. Where did JFK say, "Above all, while defending our own vital interests, nuclear powers must avert those confrontations which bring an adversary to the choice of either a humiliating defeat or a nuclear war" (97)?

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

4. What might have happened to the President if he had not acted?

5. What does Robert claim can "best be judged by conflict, by debate" (86)?

(see the answer key)

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