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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. What hit the U-2 plane that was flying reconnaissance over Cuba?
2. Whose job does Robert believe is getting bigger and is in actuality five jobs under one title?
3. Whose plane was shot down while flying reconnaissance over Cuba?
4. At what time did the long and personal letter from Khrushchev come on October 26th?
5. What two items were added to the embargo list after the successful boarding of the Marucla?
Short Essay Questions
1. What does Robert mean when he writes "no action is taken against a powerful adversary in a vacuum" (96)?
2. How was the official letter sent by the Soviets on October 27th different from the letter sent October 26th?
3. Who did JFK seek advice from? Why?
4. How does JFK view the military advisers recommending war? Why does he feel this way?
5. When the crisis was over, why did Kennedy not make a statement assigning credit for the success? And why did he instruct all involved not to provide one either?
6. In the letter received October 26th, what does Khrushchev claim is the reason he sent weapons to Cuba?
7. What is JFK referencing when he says that "we are now in an entirely new ball game" (74)? What has changed?
8. According to Robert, how did time before the crisis was publicized effect the President's decisions?
9. Analyze the simile "the leaders who lived through the crisis felt what it was like to peer over the precipice" (104)?
10. What does Robert tell is the final lesson learned in the Cuban Missile Crisis?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Robert Kennedy believed that there were many lessons to be learned from the Cuban Missile Crisis. Identify three lessons that were learned from this incident and describe them in detail in an essay.
Essay Topic 2
The analogy made comparing the Pearl Harbor bombing and the Cuban Missile Crisis is made several times in Thirteen Days. Find at least three passages that make this comparison and in an essay discuss on what points they are comparable. Then analyze how they differ. Is the comparison accurate and should it be made? Support your ideas with facts.
Essay Topic 3
The importance of risk as a theme cannot be overlooked in Thirteen Days. With the stakes high for action or inaction, every decision is a risk. In an essay, develop an argument either for or against taking risks in political situations. Identify JFK's attitude toward risk as well as one of his opponents. Conclude with an analysis of risk and the possible repercussions.
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