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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Thirteen Days, pgs. 106-150.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who told an interviewer that "the fourteen people involved were very significant . . . If six of them had been President of the U.S., I think that the world might have been blown up" (121)?
(a) JFK.
(b) Robert.
(c) Sorensen.
(d) Acheson.

2. Why is Constitutional reform granting Congress more power over declaring war unlikely?
(a) Other countries will not respect it.
(b) No one trusts Congress.
(c) It makes the process cumbersome.
(d) A leader does not need permission.

3. What word would best complete the following quote? "No action is taken against a powerful adversary in a _____________" (96).
(a) War.
(b) Nuclear world.
(c) Vacuum.
(d) Benign manner.

4. What did Dean Acheson believe the blockade was?
(a) A delay tactic.
(b) The only answer.
(c) The right move.
(d) The path to nuclear war.

5. What details do Neustadt and Allison claim Robert did not include in the book because he is writing a memoir from the "top" (126)?
(a) Courage to tell about his mistakes
(b) Logical assessment of the Joint Chiefs of Staff.
(c) Needs and frustrations of subordinate officials.
(d) Nothing, it is complete.

Short Answer Questions

1. What happened around 10:30, October 27th, the first day of the blockade?

2. During the Cuban Missile Crisis, what role did Congress play?

3. Who publicly confronted Soviet Union Ambassador V. A. Zorin?

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

5. Who is supposed to declare war according to the Constitution?

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