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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Thirteen Days, pgs. 63-88.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who did JFK have a meeting with that was scheduled before the information about Cuba had been found?
(a) President Fidel Castro.
(b) Ambassador Dobrynin.
(c) Soviet Chairman Nikita Khrushchev.
(d) Soviet Foreign Minister Andrei Gromyko.

2. What did Ex Comm believe would happen if they put a blockade around Cuba?
(a) Russia would use nuclear force.
(b) Russia would put a blockade around Berlin.
(c) Cuba would bomb the naval fleet.
(d) Cuba would give up.

3. What piece of information caused JFK to favor the blockade?
(a) The Russian demand to remove bombs from Turkey.
(b) No guarantee of all missiles being destroyed.
(c) Russian promise to use nuclear weapons against Berlin.
(d) No guarantee that American lives would not be lost.

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

5. What does "Ex Comm" stand for?
(a) Executing Communication for the Cold War.
(b) Executive Committee of the National Security Council.
(c) Executive Communications with Cuba.
(d) Executing Communists.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Robert claim was impossible for Ex Comm to come up with when making their recommendations to JFK?

2. What did Robert promise to do with his daughters on October 28th?

3. How many ships either stopped or turned back before reaching the blockade?

4. What did Robert sarcastically claim to be the advantage to being wrong in the case of military action?

5. What does Robert believe often leads to war?

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