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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Thirteen Days, pgs. 35-61.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What happened around 10:30, October 27th, the first day of the blockade?
(a) The Russian ships stopped.
(b) The Cubans shot down a plane.
(c) The Russian ships fired upon a U-2.
(d) The Cubans overran the U.S. embassy.

2. What did JFK read aloud at a meeting with a Russian representative?
(a) The Bible.
(b) The Declaration of Independence.
(c) Khrushchev's statement from September 19th.
(d) His own statement from September 4th.

3. Who said that Russia only wanted to "give bread to Cuba in order to prevent hunger in that country" (34)?
(a) Dobrynin.
(b) Khrushchev.
(c) Gromyko.
(d) Castro.

4. Who, due to his role in the government, might have been the leader of Ex Comm if he had been able to attend more meetings?
(a) Thomas Bundy.
(b) Robert Kennedy.
(c) John McCone.
(d) Dean Rusk.

5. Who said, "It is exactly what I would have done . . . a great government such as yours does not act without evidence" (41)?
(a) Dean Acheson.
(b) Chancellor Konrad Adenauer.
(c) General de Gaulle.
(d) Prime Minister John Diefenbaker.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did the intelligence community tell JFK on September 19th, regarding the possibility of Russians putting offensive weapons in Cuba?

2. What did Robert suggest JFK do on September 4th regarding the possibility of Russia placing missiles in Cuba?

3. Who wrote the note saying, "I now know how Tojo felt when he was planning Pearl Harbor" (24)?

4. What is one effect of pressure, according to Robert?

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

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