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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 sent messages praising Russia and castigating the U.S.?
(a) Fidel Castro.
(b) Ted Sorensen.
(c) David Ormsby Gore.
(d) Bertrand Russell.

2. What did JFK ask in a letter to Khrushchev after ordering the blockade?
(a) All missiles to be handed over.
(b) For Khrushchev to observe the quarantine.
(c) All shipes to turn back.
(d) For Khrushchev to leave Berlin out of their deliberations.

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

4. What is SAM an acronym for?
(a) Surface attack mission.
(b) Surface-to-air-missile.
(c) Submarine aquatic mission.
(d) Strategy against missiles.

5. When the Soviet Union refused to acknowledge the blockade, how often were low level flights conducted over Cuba?
(a) Every two hours.
(b) Every hour.
(c) Five times a day.
(d) Once a day.

Short Answer Questions

1. How did the members of Ex Comm avoid arousing suspicion when visiting the White House at 9:15 at night?

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

3. Who said that Russia only wanted to "give bread to Cuba in order to prevent hunger in that country" (34)?

4. Who told Ambassador Dobrynin about the President's intended speech?

5. Robert tells he once heard World War Three would be fought with atomic weapons. What then would the next war be fought with?

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