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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Robert claim was impossible for Ex Comm to come up with when making their recommendations to JFK?
(a) A unanimous vote.
(b) An intelligent response.
(c) The right answer.
(d) A dogmatism.

2. Who unanimously pushed for immediate military action on Thursday October 18th?
(a) Ex Comm.
(b) Americans.
(c) Congress.
(d) The Joint Chiefs of Staff.

3. How far was the original line of interception for the blockade?
(a) 500 miles.
(b) 750 miles.
(c) 800 miles.
(d) 8000 miles.

4. What statement did the Russians make public on September 11th?
(a) They would put missiles in any country they want.
(b) Russia made no statement.
(c) They had no intention of putting missiles in Cuba.
(d) The missiles already in Cuba would remain there.

5. What did the intelligence community tell JFK on September 19th, regarding the possibility of Russians putting offensive weapons in Cuba?
(a) Russia would put offensive weapons in Cuba.
(b) Russia would not put offensive weapons in Cuba.
(c) Russia would use offensive weapons if in Cuba.
(d) Russia would put offensive weapons in Cuba, but they would not be a threat.

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

7. Who did Robert admire and who also began attending meetings after the meeting with the Joint Chiefs of Staff?
(a) Dean Acheson.
(b) Secretary McNamara.
(c) John F. Kennedy.
(d) General LeMay.

8. What did JFK order into the air at all times until the crisis was over?
(a) Nothing, all of the action was at sea for the blockade.
(b) B-52 bombers with atomic weapons.
(c) U-2's to take photographs.
(d) Helicopters with anti-missile equipment.

9. Who said that Russia only wanted to "give bread to Cuba in order to prevent hunger in that country" (34)?
(a) Castro.
(b) Khrushchev.
(c) Gromyko.
(d) Dobrynin.

10. In which branch of government does Robert believe rank often plays a role?
(a) Executive.
(b) Congressional.
(c) Judicial.
(d) Legislative.

11. Who presented the argument for a blockade?
(a) Dean Rusk.
(b) John McCone.
(c) Robert Kennedy.
(d) Bob McNamara.

12. Who publicly confronted Soviet Union Ambassador V. A. Zorin?
(a) Adlai Stevenson.
(b) David Ormsby Gore.
(c) Bertrand Russell.
(d) Ted Sorensen.

13. How did the members of Ex Comm avoid arousing suspicion when visiting the White House at 9:15 at night?
(a) Not all went to the meeting.
(b) They arrived at different times.
(c) They all rode with Robert.
(d) They took the secret entrance.

14. Who was U Thant?
(a) Acting Secretary General of the United Nations.
(b) Soviet Chairman.
(c) Soviet Ambassador to the United Nations.
(d) Secretary of Defense.

15. Who said, "they, no more than we, can let these things go by without doing something. They can't after all their statements, permit us to take out their missiles, kill a lot of Russians, and then do nothing. If they don't take action in Cuba, they certainly will in Berlin" (28)?
(a) General Shoup.
(b) General LeMay.
(c) Robert F. Kennedy.
(d) John F. Kennedy.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did JFK ask in a letter to Khrushchev after ordering the blockade?

2. What position did Robert hold in the Kennedy administration?

3. Before the announcement could be made that there was a Cuban Missile Crisis, what did the press report on instead of the crisis?

4. How long before the President's address to the nation did they tell the ambassador of Russia?

5. Who said, "You are in a pretty bad fix, Mr. President" (29)?

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