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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. Who wrote, "there is just no foreseeable route by which the United States and Soviet Union could become involved in a major nuclear war" (104)?
(a) Thomas Schelling.
(b) Dwight D. Eisenhower.
(c) Thodore Sorensen.
(d) Robert McNamara.

4. Robert tells that JFK felt that if what had happened could be considered a triumph, it was only one for who?
(a) The next generation.
(b) Cuba.
(c) The Soviet Union.
(d) America.

5. What did Dobrynin say the Cubans resented when Robert meets with him after the U-2 was shot down?
(a) U.S. democracy.
(b) Violation of Cuban air space.
(c) Socialism.
(d) The Bay of Pigs.

6. 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)?
(a) V. A. Zorin.
(b) Pierre Salinger.
(c) Don Wilson.
(d) Adlai Stevenson.

7. What did the Joint Chief of Staff suggest the U.S. do to respond to the letter sent October 27th?
(a) Refuse any negotiations in a letter.
(b) Strengthen the blockade.
(c) Meet with Khrushchev personally.
(d) Military action.

8. Who was George Ball?
(a) The Secretary of State.
(b) The Under Secretary of State.
(c) Former Ambassador to Cuba.
(d) Chief of Staff.

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

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

11. How did Joseph P. Kennedy, Jr. die?
(a) Contracted polio.
(b) Assassinated.
(c) Killed in WWII.
(d) Drowned.

12. 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) Support from the OAS.
(b) A declaration of war.
(c) The African countries voicing support.
(d) Congressional approval.

13. What word would best complete the following quote? "No action is taken against a powerful adversary in a _____________" (96).
(a) Vacuum.
(b) Benign manner.
(c) Nuclear world.
(d) War.

14. Whose plane was shot down while flying reconnaissance over Cuba?
(a) John Kennedy, Jr.
(b) General McNamara.
(c) Major Rudolf Anderson, Jr.
(d) Secretary Rusk.

15. What do men have the power to do today that they did not in past war making?
(a) Fight without killing anyone.
(b) Destroy mankind.
(c) Start wars without involving other countries.
(d) Save the world.

Short Answer Questions

1. During the Cuban Missile Crisis, what role did Congress play?

2. Why does Khrushchev claim the Soviet Union has placed missiles in Cuba?

3. According to the Afterword, the Cuban Missile Crisis is important on how many levels?

4. What hit the U-2 plane that was flying reconnaissance over Cuba?

5. What did JFK believe was the likelihood of nuclear war when dealing with the Cuban Missile Crisis?

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