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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Thirteen Days, pgs. 106-150.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who told an interviewer that "the fourteen people involved were very significant . . . If six of them had been President of the U.S., I think that the world might have been blown up" (121)?
(a) Robert.
(b) JFK.
(c) Sorensen.
(d) Acheson.

2. What paradox does Neustadt and Allison claim exists that the Constitution attempted to solve?
(a) Paradox of victory.
(b) Nuclear paradox.
(c) Paradox of rulership.
(d) Freedom paradox.

3. What did Adlai Stevenson suggest that offended many members of Ex Comm?
(a) The U.S. remove weapons from other countries in exchange for Russian removal of missiles.
(b) Both a blockade and an air strike.
(c) The nuclear bombardment of Cuba.
(d) JFK should hold a summit before any action is taken.

4. Why did JFK originally want to remove the missiles from Turkey?
(a) They were obsolete.
(b) He did not want to anger the Soviets.
(c) They were dangerous to world peace.
(d) He wanted to invade Turkey.

5. Who was approached by a Soviet Embassy official to offer a proposal for removing the missiles from Cuba?
(a) John Scali.
(b) Robert.
(c) JFK.
(d) Sorensen.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where is there a sign that states "in the nuclear age, superpowers make war like porcupines make love -- carefully" (108)?

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

3. Who urged the President to release photos of missiles to the UN for publication?

4. What was the name of the first tanker to reach the barrier?

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

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