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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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)?
(a) Prince von Bulow.
(b) Robert.
(c) Barbara Tuchman.
(d) JFK.

3. Which two countries in Africa did JFK seek support from during the missile crisis?
(a) Algeria and Kenya.
(b) Canary Islands and South Africa.
(c) Egypt and Ethiopia.
(d) Guinea and Senegal.

4. Why does Khrushchev claim the Soviet Union has placed missiles in Cuba?
(a) To potect the Soviet people in Cuba.
(b) To prevent the U.S. from invading.
(c) To provoke the U.S. into war.
(d) To fire upon all major U.S. cities.

5. Which country does Robert identify that originally doubted the U.S.'s position regarding Cuba?
(a) Brazil.
(b) Germany.
(c) Great Britain.
(d) France.

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

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

8. Who testified to Congress in 1964 that "in the first hour [of all-out nuclear war] one hundred million Americans and one hundred million Russians would be killed" (104)?
(a) Robert McNamara.
(b) Thomas Schelling.
(c) Dwight D. Eisenhower.
(d) Theodore Sorensen.

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

10. Whose job does Robert believe is getting bigger and is in actuality five jobs under one title?
(a) The Presidency.
(b) The Secretary of State.
(c) The Head of State.
(d) The CIA.

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

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

13. Who wrote the letter responding to Khrushchev's first letter?
(a) Robert and Sorensen.
(b) The Joint Chiefs of Staff.
(c) The State Department.
(d) JFK and Robert.

14. Who is supposed to declare war according to the Constitution?
(a) The Supreme Court.
(b) The Joint Chiefs of Staff.
(c) The President.
(d) Congress.

15. How many passengers were on the East German Passenger ship that approached the blockade?
(a) One thousand.
(b) Fifteen hundered.
(c) One hundered.
(d) Fifty.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who said "we are now in an entirely new ball game" (74)?

2. Who was approached by a Soviet Embassy official to offer a proposal for removing the missiles from Cuba?

3. In a conversation between JFK and Robert, how far did JFK say that he wanted to push the Russians?

4. According to all of the discussions of removing missiles from Cuba, who would oversee the removal to be sure it was done?

5. Robert tells he once heard World War Three would be fought with atomic weapons. What then would the next war be fought with?

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