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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. According to all of the discussions of removing missiles from Cuba, who would oversee the removal to be sure it was done?
(a) The OAS
(b) Britain.
(c) The U.N.
(d) The U.S.

2. Who said, "I am not in an American courtroom, sir, and therefore I do not wish to answer a question that is put to me in the fashion in which a prosecutor puts questions" (58)?
(a) Adlai Stevenson.
(b) Don Wilson.
(c) V. A. Zorin.
(d) Andrei Gromyko.

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

4. In a conversation between JFK and Robert, how far did JFK say that he wanted to push the Russians?
(a) Not one inch farther than required.
(b) He did not want to push them at all.
(c) To the precipice of no turning back.
(d) To the brink of war.

5. Who was JFK communicating with on a daily basis?
(a) The OAS.
(b) Khrushechev.
(c) U Thant.
(d) Robert.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who did JFK believe should take public credit for the end of the missile crisis?

2. How many destroyers did the U.S. put in Caribbean waters?

3. Who said "war is impossible . . . there is no alternative to peace" (104)?

4. Who was the Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation at the time of the Cuban Missile Crisis?

5. Why did JFK originally want to remove the missiles from Turkey?

Short Essay Questions

1. What did RFK believe was wrong with the letter drafted by the State Department that was written in response to the letter received October 27th, and what did he suggest they write instead?

2. What does Robert tell is the final lesson learned in the Cuban Missile Crisis?

3. Analyze the simile "the leaders who lived through the crisis felt what it was like to peer over the precipice" (104)?

4. What is JFK referencing when he says that "we are now in an entirely new ball game" (74)? What has changed?

5. What did the letter received October 23rd from Khrushchev imply about the U.S. and the repercussions the U.S. may expect?

6. While still in communications with Khrushchev, RFK writes that "both 'hawks' and 'doves' sensed that our combination of limited force and diplomatic efforts had been unsuccessful" (64). What do the symbolic terms "hawks" and "doves" stand for?

7. How does JFK view the military advisers recommending war? Why does he feel this way?

8. Why does Robert claim that "we cannot be an island even if we wished; nor can we successfully separate ourselves from the rest of the world" (94)?

9. According to Robert, how did time before the crisis was publicized effect the President's decisions?

10. 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?

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