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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Thirteen Days, pgs. 106-150.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. According to the Afterword, what did victory mean pre-1945?
(a) Elimination of the enemy.
(b) Occupation of another country.
(c) New land to govern.
(d) Disarming the enemy.

2. What do men have the power to do today that they did not in past war making?
(a) Start wars without involving other countries.
(b) Fight without killing anyone.
(c) Destroy mankind.
(d) Save the world.

3. When JFK says, "this is the night I should go to the theater" (84), what famous historical figure is he referencing?
(a) Martin Luther King Jr.
(b) Dwight D. Eisenhower.
(c) Harry S. Truman.
(d) Abraham Lincoln.

4. What feeling does Robert believe Congress and the country is turning to but should not?
(a) Isolationism.
(b) Inclusion.
(c) Marxism.
(d) Communism.

5. Who said, "I have participated in two wars and know that war ends when it has rolled through cities and villages, everywhere sowing death and destruction" (67)?
(a) General McCone.
(b) JFK.
(c) Dobrynin.
(d) Khrushchev.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How did the members of Ex Comm avoid arousing suspicion when visiting the White House at 9:15 at night?

3. What book had JFK recently read that had to do with miscalculations leading to war?

4. What happened around 10:30, October 27th, the first day of the blockade?

5. Who said, "It is exactly what I would have done . . . a great government such as yours does not act without evidence" (41)?

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