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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What position did John McCloy one hold?
(a) Secretary of State.
(b) High Commissioner to Germany.
(c) Cheif Justice for the Supreme Court.
(d) Ambassador to Russia.

2. What was the name of the first tanker to reach the barrier?
(a) Gagarin.
(b) Bucharest.
(c) Komiles.
(d) Essex.

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

4. Who does JFK meet with whom Robert claims he "trusted implicitly" (51)?
(a) Ambassador Dobrynin.
(b) Secretary Adlai Stevenson.
(c) Ambassador David Ormsby-Gore.
(d) Secretary John McNamara.

5. Who said, "It is exactly what I would have done . . . a great government such as yours does not act without evidence" (41)?
(a) Prime Minister John Diefenbaker.
(b) Chancellor Konrad Adenauer.
(c) Dean Acheson.
(d) General de Gaulle.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which group was created "for the purpose of effective conduct of the operations of the executive branch in the current crisis" (45)?

2. Who intervened with the newspapers to delay the report of the Cuban Missile Crisis?

3. What did Ex Comm believe would happen if they put a blockade around Cuba?

4. Who does Robert speak to about the President's concern about missiles in Cuba on September 4th?

5. When Robert meets with Dobrynin after the blockade is put into effect, what does Dobrynin say the ships will do?

Short Essay Questions

1. What did Ambassador Dobrynin provide as evidence that USSR would not be a threat to the United States?

2. What personal insights does RFK provide about JFK when they are waiting for news about the first ships meant to reach the blockade?

3. How does Berlin factor into the decision making about the Cuban Missile Crisis?

4. How did JFK feel about the reaction from Congress when he informed them about the crisis and his plans?

5. What did the military and JFK do to respond to the submarine situation?

6. Why does JFK bring up the book The Guns of August by Barbara Tuchman?

7. What did Adlai Stevenson suggest was a third option for the President to consider? Why was it rejected?

8. How did Ex Comm formulate their recommendations to the President?

9. What was one argument for a blockade?

10. Why does RFK slip the President a note saying "I now know how Tojo felt when he was planning Pearl Harbor" (25)? How do the situations compare?

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