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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. Who told Ambassador Dobrynin about the President's intended speech?
(a) Adlai Stevenson.
(b) Dean Acheson.
(c) Robert Kennedy.
(d) Secretary Rusk.

2. According to all of the discussions of removing missiles from Cuba, who would oversee the removal to be sure it was done?
(a) The U.S.
(b) The OAS
(c) Britain.
(d) The U.N.

3. Who testified to Congress in 1964 that "in the first hour [of all-out nuclear war] one hundred million Americans and one hundred million Russians would be killed" (104)?
(a) Theodore Sorensen.
(b) Robert McNamara.
(c) Thomas Schelling.
(d) Dwight D. Eisenhower.

4. What position did John McCloy one hold?
(a) Secretary of State.
(b) Cheif Justice for the Supreme Court.
(c) High Commissioner to Germany.
(d) Ambassador to Russia.

5. On October 18th, photographs showed what disturbing new information?
(a) There were no missiles, it was a mistake.
(b) The Cubans were testing missiles.
(c) Atomic missiles were being directed at certain American cities.
(d) The missiles were complete.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why did JFK originally want to remove the missiles from Turkey?

2. What was JFK's feeling after meeting with a Russian representative after learning about missiles in Cuba?

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

4. What countries were supporting the U.S. and recommending that the U.S. not give in to Soviet demands?

5. According to the Afterword, the Cuban Missile Crisis is important on how many levels?

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