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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. What did the ex-Chancellor of Germany at the outbreak of the First World War ask his successor?
(a) "What will you do to stop it?"
(b) "Where did we go wrong?"
(c) "How did it all happen?"
(d) "How do you change things now?"

2. When did John F. Kennedy call his brother, Robert, to the White House to discuss the photographs taken over Cuba?
(a) September 4, 1962.
(b) October 20, 1964.
(c) October 16, 1962.
(d) October 15, 1964.

3. What did Ex Comm believe would happen if they put a blockade around Cuba?
(a) Cuba would give up.
(b) Russia would put a blockade around Berlin.
(c) Cuba would bomb the naval fleet.
(d) Russia would use nuclear force.

4. According to Robert in "Some of the things we learned . . .," what must a President have access to?
(a) Ambassadors.
(b) People with expertise and knowledge.
(c) Nuclear weapons.
(d) Journalists.

5. When JFK says, "this is the night I should go to the theater" (84), what famous historical figure is he referencing?
(a) Dwight D. Eisenhower.
(b) Martin Luther King Jr.
(c) Harry S. Truman.
(d) Abraham Lincoln.

Short Answer Questions

1. When the Soviet Union refused to acknowledge the blockade, how often were low level flights conducted over Cuba?

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

3. What piece of information caused JFK to favor the blockade?

4. What two items were added to the embargo list after the successful boarding of the Marucla?

5. Who presented the United States case to the United Nations?

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