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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 position did Robert hold in the Kennedy administration?
(a) Attorney General.
(b) Secretary of Defense.
(c) Senator.
(d) Press Secretary.

2. What did JFK ask in a letter to Khrushchev after ordering the blockade?
(a) All shipes to turn back.
(b) For Khrushchev to leave Berlin out of their deliberations.
(c) For Khrushchev to observe the quarantine.
(d) All missiles to be handed over.

3. After making his decision, when was the President's speech to the nation scheduled for?
(a) Sunday evening.
(b) Saturday afternoon.
(c) Tuesday morning.
(d) Monday evening.

4. After the announcement to the nation, how often would Ex Comm meet?
(a) Every day at 10:00 a.m.
(b) Once a week.
(c) Every four hours.
(d) As needed.

5. What piece of information caused JFK to favor the blockade?
(a) No guarantee that American lives would not be lost.
(b) The Russian demand to remove bombs from Turkey.
(c) No guarantee of all missiles being destroyed.
(d) Russian promise to use nuclear weapons against Berlin.

Short Answer Questions

1. When Robert meets with Dobrynin after the blockade is put into effect, what does Dobrynin say the ships will do?

2. What might have happened to the President if he had not acted?

3. How many Americans could potentially have died within minutes of the known missiles being fired off as of October 18th?

4. What did Robert sarcastically claim to be the advantage to being wrong in the case of military action?

5. Who presented the United States case to the United Nations?

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