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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 was JFK's principal speech writer?
(a) Theodore Sorensen.
(b) Robert.
(c) John McCone.
(d) McGeorge Bundy.

2. What do Neustadt and Allison claim "fueled this permissiveness" (145) in regards to the freedom to maneuver provided to the President?
(a) Vietnam.
(b) World War I.
(c) The Bay of Pigs.
(d) Munich.

3. How long before the President's address to the nation did they tell the ambassador of Russia?
(a) One day.
(b) Five minutes.
(c) Twelve hours.
(d) An hour.

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

5. What did Secretary McNamara do, despite his dissent to the strategy?
(a) Sent communication to Khrushchev for a summit.
(b) Prepared the military for air bombardments.
(c) Ordered the blockade.
(d) Prepared the documents to release Berlin to Russia.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who said, "It makes no great difference . . . whether you were killed by a missile from the Soviet Union or Cuba" (117)?

2. Who said "I am not going to follow a course which will allow anyone to write a comparable book about this time, The Missiles of October" (98)?

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

4. According to Khrushchev, who are the only people who would provoke war in today's nuclear world?

5. Who did JFK believe should take public credit for the end of the missile crisis?

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