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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What does Robert believe had a "major psychological and practical effect on the Russians and changed our position . . . into a country acting in accordance with twenty allies legally protecting their position" (92)?
(a) Congressional approval.
(b) Support from the OAS.
(c) The African countries voicing support.
(d) A declaration of war.

3. What feeling does Robert believe Congress and the country is turning to but should not?
(a) Isolationism.
(b) Inclusion.
(c) Marxism.
(d) Communism.

4. What extended metaphor does Khrushchev use to conclude his letter from October 26th?
(a) A journey while driving a car.
(b) The scoring of a goal.
(c) The tying of a knot.
(d) A flood.

5. Who was the Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation at the time of the Cuban Missile Crisis?
(a) John Scali.
(b) Ronald Reagan.
(c) Dwight D. Eisenhower.
(d) J. Edgar. Hoover.

6. According to Khrushchev, who are the only people who would provoke war in today's nuclear world?
(a) Democrats.
(b) Americans.
(c) Morons and aggressors.
(d) Lunatics and suicides.

7. What did Robert promise to do with his daughters on October 28th?
(a) Attend the theater.
(b) Buy Halloween costumes.
(c) Go to a Horse Show.
(d) Go shopping.

8. What two items were added to the embargo list after the successful boarding of the Marucla?
(a) Gasoline and automobiles.
(b) Weapons and steele.
(c) Baby food and bread.
(d) Petroleum oil and lubricants.

9. What was the name of the first ship boarded at the blockade?
(a) John Pierce.
(b) Marucla.
(c) Kremlin.
(d) Bucharest.

10. Who would analyze Khrushchev's personal letter and make recommendations on October 27th?
(a) Robert.
(b) The Joint Chiefs of Staff.
(c) The State Department.
(d) Congress.

11. What is the crisis a microcosm for according to the authors of the Afterword?
(a) The workings of democracy.
(b) The inevitability of nuclear war.
(c) Problems of the modern American Presidency.
(d) Problems of the nuclear age.

12. What did JFK believe was the likelihood of nuclear war when dealing with the Cuban Missile Crisis?
(a) One in three.
(b) Fifty - fifty.
(c) One in ten.
(d) Ninety percent.

13. Who would not allow Russian planes to refuel or land in Dakar?
(a) The U.S. Navy.
(b) President Leopold Senghor.
(c) Fidel Castro.
(d) President Sekou Toure.

14. Who does JFK write to after the Russians agree to remove missiles from Cuba?
(a) Mrs. Onasis.
(b) Khrushchev.
(c) Mrs. Anderson.
(d) Castro.

15. Who said, "I have participated in two wars and know that war ends when it has rolled through cities and villages, everywhere sowing death and destruction" (67)?
(a) Dobrynin.
(b) JFK.
(c) General McCone.
(d) Khrushchev.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who was the ex-Chancellor of Germany at the outbreak of World War I?

2. What does Robert claim can "best be judged by conflict, by debate" (86)?

3. Who is supposed to declare war according to the Constitution?

4. Who said, " You are in the courtroom of world opinion right now, and you can answer yes or no. You have denied that they exist, and I want to know whether or I have understood you correctly" (58)?

5. Whose plane was shot down while flying reconnaissance over Cuba?

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