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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 does Robert claim was impossible for Ex Comm to come up with when making their recommendations to JFK?
(a) An intelligent response.
(b) The right answer.
(c) A dogmatism.
(d) A unanimous vote.

2. What might have happened to the President if he had not acted?
(a) Public humiliation.
(b) Death.
(c) Impeachment.
(d) Nothing.

3. Who presented the argument for a blockade?
(a) John McCone.
(b) Dean Rusk.
(c) Bob McNamara.
(d) Robert Kennedy.

4. How many Americans could potentially have died within minutes of the known missiles being fired off as of October 18th?
(a) Eighty million.
(b) Eighty thousand.
(c) Eight hundred.
(d) Eight million.

5. Who publicly confronted Soviet Union Ambassador V. A. Zorin?
(a) David Ormsby Gore.
(b) Bertrand Russell.
(c) Adlai Stevenson.
(d) Ted Sorensen.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who suggested that the US take military action against Cuba for America's safety, not knowing about the missiles?

2. Against what strategy was the following argument used: It would be like "closing the door after the horse has left the barn" (28)?

3. Who said, "You are in a pretty bad fix, Mr. President" (29)?

4. What did JFK order into the air at all times until the crisis was over?

5. What did Secretary McNamara do, despite his dissent to the strategy?

(see the answer key)

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