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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. Which country does Robert identify that originally doubted the U.S.'s position regarding Cuba?
2. According to the afterword, what would choosing nuclear war mean?
3. What did the Joint Chief of Staff suggest the U.S. do to respond to the letter sent October 27th?
4. Who testified to Congress in 1964 that "in the first hour [of all-out nuclear war] one hundred million Americans and one hundred million Russians would be killed" (104)?
5. Who does JFK write to after the Russians agree to remove missiles from Cuba?
Short Essay Questions
1. Why did JFK choose the Marucla for the first vessel to be boarded?
2. How does JFK view the military advisers recommending war? Why does he feel this way?
3. 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?
4. Khrushchev uses several metaphors in his letter to JFK. What is one metaphor and what does it mean?
5. What made the prospect of war unbearable to JFK?
6. What is JFK referencing when he says that "we are now in an entirely new ball game" (74)? What has changed?
7. 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?
8. 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?
9. What did the letter received October 23rd from Khrushchev imply about the U.S. and the repercussions the U.S. may expect?
10. In the letter received October 26th, what does Khrushchev claim is the reason he sent weapons to Cuba?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
The theme of understanding consequences is prevalent in Thirteen Days. Write an essay exploring this theme and its implication to the Cuban Missile Crisis.
Essay Topic 2
The Munich Agreement/Conference has influenced political decisions for many years since its occurrence. In an essay, describe what happened in Munich and compare and contrast this with the Cuban Missile Crisis. Is the Munich Agreement/Conference still relevant today? How so?
Essay Topic 3
In an essay compare the "hawks" and "doves" from Thirteen Days. What does the symbol mean? Who was a hawk? A dove? How do the symbols help to illustrate their differences?
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