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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Thirteen Days, to Page 34.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who did Robert admire and who also began attending meetings after the meeting with the Joint Chiefs of Staff?
(a) Dean Acheson.
(b) John F. Kennedy.
(c) General LeMay.
(d) Secretary McNamara.

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

3. What was one recommendation from the military action plan?
(a) Nuclear bombardment of Russia.
(b) Permission granted by the UN.
(c) Nuclear bombardment of Cuba.
(d) A warning sent to Khrushchev.

4. Who said, "You are in a pretty bad fix, Mr. President" (29)?
(a) General Shoup.
(b) John F. Kennedy.
(c) General LeMay.
(d) Robert F. Kennedy.

5. What did Robert suggest JFK do on September 4th regarding the possibility of Russia placing missiles in Cuba?
(a) Issue a statement of good will.
(b) Threaten Soviet Chairman Nikita Khrushchev.
(c) Bomb Cuba.
(d) Issue a statement that it would not be tolerated.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. When did John F. Kennedy call his brother, Robert, to the White House to discuss the photographs taken over Cuba?

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

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

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

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