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

2. How did the members of Ex Comm avoid arousing suspicion when visiting the White House at 9:15 at night?
(a) They arrived at different times.
(b) Not all went to the meeting.
(c) They took the secret entrance.
(d) They all rode with Robert.

3. Who suggested that the US take military action against Cuba for America's safety, not knowing about the missiles?
(a) Senator Homer E. Caphart.
(b) Senator Richard B. Russell.
(c) Senator Robert F. Kennedy.
(d) Senator J. William Fulbright.

4. 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) Issue a statement that it would not be tolerated.
(c) Threaten Soviet Chairman Nikita Khrushchev.
(d) Bomb Cuba.

5. Who said, "they, no more than we, can let these things go by without doing something. They can't after all their statements, permit us to take out their missiles, kill a lot of Russians, and then do nothing. If they don't take action in Cuba, they certainly will in Berlin" (28)?
(a) General LeMay.
(b) John F. Kennedy.
(c) Robert F. Kennedy.
(d) General Shoup.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who did Robert admire and who also began attending meetings after the meeting with the Joint Chiefs of Staff?

3. What position did Robert hold in the Kennedy administration?

4. Who said that Russia only wanted to "give bread to Cuba in order to prevent hunger in that country" (34)?

5. In the section "Tuesday morning, October 16, 1962 . . .," why were initial reports of missiles in Cuba not passed on to the President?

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