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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 hit the U-2 plane that was flying reconnaissance over Cuba?
(a) SAM.
(b) Bullets.
(c) Torpedo.
(d) Starbursts.
2. What did the Joint Chief of Staff suggest the U.S. do to respond to the letter sent October 27th?
(a) Meet with Khrushchev personally.
(b) Refuse any negotiations in a letter.
(c) Strengthen the blockade.
(d) Military action.
3. According to Khrushchev, who are the only people who would provoke war in today's nuclear world?
(a) Morons and aggressors.
(b) Americans.
(c) Democrats.
(d) Lunatics and suicides.
4. What did JFK believe was the likelihood of nuclear war when dealing with the Cuban Missile Crisis?
(a) Ninety percent.
(b) One in ten.
(c) Fifty - fifty.
(d) One in three.
5. 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. Which country does Robert identify that originally doubted the U.S.'s position regarding Cuba?
2. Which two countries in Africa did JFK seek support from during the missile crisis?
3. What "committed American ground forces to what has become the longest war in our history" (102)?
4. Who handles all international problems for the U.S.?
5. Who would not allow Russian planes to refuel or land in Dakar?
Short Essay Questions
1. Why does Robert believe that a devil's advocate is necessary for the President?
2. Khrushchev uses several metaphors in his letter to JFK. What is one metaphor and what does it mean?
3. What is one example Robert provides of a devil's advocate working?
4. Analyze the simile "the leaders who lived through the crisis felt what it was like to peer over the precipice" (104)?
5. According to Robert, how did time before the crisis was publicized effect the President's decisions?
6. What does Robert mean when he writes "no action is taken against a powerful adversary in a vacuum" (96)?
7. How does an official from the Soviet Embassy deliver a message in an unorthodox manner? Why is it thought to be credible? What was the message?
8. What is JFK referencing when he says that "we are now in an entirely new ball game" (74)? What has changed?
9. In the letter drafted by Robert and Sorenson in response to Khrushchev's letter received October 26th, what is the "first ingredient" (79) to a peaceful arrangement? Why?
10. How was the official letter sent by the Soviets on October 27th different from the letter sent October 26th?
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