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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. Who intervened with the newspapers to delay the report of the Cuban Missile Crisis?
(a) George Ball.
(b) JFK.
(c) Robert Kennedy.
(d) Ed Martin.

2. What did Robert sarcastically claim to be the advantage to being wrong in the case of military action?
(a) It was favored by the American people.
(b) All of the enemies would be destroyed.
(c) No one would be around to know.
(d) America's nuclear power would keep other countries from voicing disapproval.

3. When did John F. Kennedy call his brother, Robert, to the White House to discuss the photographs taken over Cuba?
(a) October 15, 1964.
(b) October 20, 1964.
(c) September 4, 1962.
(d) October 16, 1962.

4. Who said, "You are in a pretty bad fix, Mr. President" (29)?
(a) General Shoup.
(b) Robert F. Kennedy.
(c) John F. Kennedy.
(d) General LeMay.

5. What does "Ex Comm" stand for?
(a) Executing Communication for the Cold War.
(b) Executive Committee of the National Security Council.
(c) Executive Communications with Cuba.
(d) Executing Communists.

Short Answer Questions

1. On October 18th, photographs showed what disturbing new information?

2. Who said, "It is exactly what I would have done . . . a great government such as yours does not act without evidence" (41)?

3. What is SAM an acronym for?

4. Who told Ambassador Dobrynin about the President's intended speech?

5. What did JFK order into the air at all times until the crisis was over?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. What was one argument for a blockade?

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

6. 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?

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

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

9. Which countries immediately supported the U.S. in the decision for a blockade? Why did JFK favor a blockade over a surgical air strike?

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

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