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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. What was JFK's feeling after meeting with a Russian representative after learning about missiles in Cuba?
(a) Content.
(b) Displeased.
(c) Depressed.
(d) Rage.

2. How many Americans could potentially have died within minutes of the known missiles being fired off as of October 18th?
(a) Eighty million.
(b) Eight hundred.
(c) Eighty thousand.
(d) Eight million.

3. What type of non-fiction is Thirteen Days?
(a) Essay.
(b) Biography.
(c) Textbook.
(d) Memoir.

4. Robert describes the conflict in Cuba as one between two atomic nations. What are the two atomic nations he refers to?
(a) US and Germany.
(b) US and USSR.
(c) Berlin and Cuba.
(d) US and Cuba.

5. How long before the President's address to the nation did they tell the ambassador of Russia?
(a) Twelve hours.
(b) An hour.
(c) Five minutes.
(d) One day.

Short Answer Questions

1. While Ex Comm was making final decisions regarding their recommendations, JFK was where?

2. When the Soviet Union refused to acknowledge the blockade, how often were low level flights conducted over Cuba?

3. What did JFK read aloud at a meeting with a Russian representative?

4. When looking at the first photographs of the missile bases in Cuba, what did JFK say it looked like?

5. Who does JFK meet with whom Robert claims he "trusted implicitly" (51)?

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