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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. During the Cuban Missile Crisis, what role did Congress play?
2. What was the "final lesson" (95) learned from the Cuban Missile Crisis?
3. What did Robert promise to do with his daughters on October 28th?
4. Whose plane was shot down while flying reconnaissance over Cuba?
5. According to Robert in "The importance of placing ourselves in the other country's shoes," why was JFK reluctant to attack the missile sites after a U.S. U-2 was shot down?
Short Essay Questions
1. How was the official letter sent by the Soviets on October 27th different from the letter sent October 26th?
2. 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?
3. What did the letter received October 23rd from Khrushchev imply about the U.S. and the repercussions the U.S. may expect?
4. What does Robert mean when he writes "no action is taken against a powerful adversary in a vacuum" (96)?
5. What does Robert tell is the final lesson learned in the Cuban Missile Crisis?
6. What is one example Robert provides of a devil's advocate working?
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. After the Soviet's agree to a stand down, JFK makes an analogy between himself and Abraham Lincoln. What does he say and what does it mean?
9. What does Robert mean when he says "that with respect to nuclear war there is an awesome crack between unlikelihood and impossibility" (105)?
10. According to Robert, how did time before the crisis was publicized effect the President's decisions?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
In an essay, analyze the validity of the nuclear paradox. What scenarios have shown this paradox to be true? Did Khrushchev's removal of missiles from Cuba signal his unwillingness to go to nuclear war?
Essay Topic 2
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 3
Compare and contrast the powers of Congress and the Presidency using the JFK administration in Thirteen Days as a primary example.
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