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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Thirteen Days, pgs. 89-106.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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) Russian promise to use nuclear weapons against Berlin.
(d) No guarantee of all missiles being destroyed.

2. What statement did the Russians make public on September 11th?
(a) The missiles already in Cuba would remain there.
(b) Russia made no statement.
(c) They would put missiles in any country they want.
(d) They had no intention of putting missiles in Cuba.

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

4. Robert tells he once heard World War Three would be fought with atomic weapons. What then would the next war be fought with?
(a) Atomic weapons.
(b) Swords and cannons.
(c) Sticks and stones.
(d) Guns and knives.

5. What does Robert suggest the President use to get an opposite opinion if no one else will offer it?
(a) A devil's advocate.
(b) Random uninterested parties.
(c) Lobbyists.
(d) A sponsor.

Short Answer Questions

1. What type of non-fiction is Thirteen Days?

2. Who was approached by a Soviet Embassy official to offer a proposal for removing the missiles from Cuba?

3. What position did John McCloy one hold?

4. Robert describes the conflict in Cuba as one between two atomic nations. What are the two atomic nations he refers to?

5. What word would best complete the following quote? "No action is taken against a powerful adversary in a _____________" (96).

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