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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Thirteen Days, pgs. 89-106.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Adlai Stevenson suggest that offended many members of Ex Comm?
(a) JFK should hold a summit before any action is taken.
(b) The U.S. remove weapons from other countries in exchange for Russian removal of missiles.
(c) Both a blockade and an air strike.
(d) The nuclear bombardment of Cuba.

2. At what time did the long and personal letter from Khrushchev come on October 26th?
(a) 6PM.
(b) Midnight.
(c) Noon.
(d) 6AM.

3. How many Russian submarines were in the Caribbean after the blockade took effect?
(a) 2.
(b) 5.
(c) 12.
(d) 6.

4. Who said, "I have participated in two wars and know that war ends when it has rolled through cities and villages, everywhere sowing death and destruction" (67)?
(a) Khrushchev.
(b) General McCone.
(c) JFK.
(d) Dobrynin.

5. Who said "we are now in an entirely new ball game" (74)?
(a) Robert Kennedy.
(b) Anderson.
(c) JFK.
(d) McNamara.

Short Answer Questions

1. In a conversation between JFK and Robert, how far did JFK say that he wanted to push the Russians?

2. Who said "I am not going to follow a course which will allow anyone to write a comparable book about this time, The Missiles of October" (98)?

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

4. What does the change in attitude from the letter received on the 26th and the letter received on the 27th suggest?

5. Who sent messages praising Russia and castigating the U.S.?

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