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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. While Ex Comm was making final decisions regarding their recommendations, JFK was where?
(a) Chicago.
(b) Russia.
(c) Washington D.C.
(d) New York.

2. What was the "legal foundation" (40) for the blockade?
(a) The UN regulations.
(b) The OAS Charter.
(c) The OSHA regulations.
(d) The Cuban Peace Treaty.

3. Who sent messages praising Russia and castigating the U.S.?
(a) David Ormsby Gore.
(b) Fidel Castro.
(c) Bertrand Russell.
(d) Ted Sorensen.

4. Why did JFK change the line of interception for the blockade?
(a) For safety.
(b) To buy time.
(c) To tighten the line.
(d) To show force.

5. What does Robert believe often leads to war?
(a) Prudence.
(b) Hate.
(c) Pride.
(d) Greed.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What did Secretary McNamara do, despite his dissent to the strategy?

3. How many Americans could potentially have died within minutes of the known missiles being fired off as of October 18th?

4. In the section entitled, "It was now up to one single man," when did JFK hope to broadcast his plan to the nation?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. 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?

2. When was Congress told, and how did Congress react to the news of the Cuban Missile Crisis?

3. What was one argument against a blockade?

4. Why does RFK defend Adlai Stevenson's suggestion?

5. Why did the Intelligence Community not believe Cuba was a threat to the United States?

6. What information did the Intelligence Community have about the missiles in September, but did not inform the President about at that time? Why were they not passed on?

7. What other actions did the U.S. take besides the blockade?

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

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

10. What was ironic about JFK's meeting with Soviet Foreign Minister Andrea Gromyko?

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