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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When the Soviet Union refused to acknowledge the blockade, how often were low level flights conducted over Cuba?
(a) Five times a day.
(b) Once a day.
(c) Every hour.
(d) Every two hours.

2. What possibility does JFK say everyone must accept if there is an invasion of Cuba?
(a) A missile may be fired at the U.S.
(b) The U.S. may be unsuccessful.
(c) The Russians may immediately fire nuclear weapons.
(d) The Cubans may surrender immediately.

3. Who was Tommy Thompson?
(a) Former Ambassador to the Soviet Union.
(b) Former Ambassador to Cuba.
(c) Chief of Staff.
(d) Secretary of State.

4. What extended metaphor does Khrushchev use to conclude his letter from October 26th?
(a) The tying of a knot.
(b) A flood.
(c) A journey while driving a car.
(d) The scoring of a goal.

5. Who is supposed to declare war according to the Constitution?
(a) The Joint Chiefs of Staff.
(b) Congress.
(c) The President.
(d) The Supreme Court.

6. Who wrote the letter responding to Khrushchev's first letter?
(a) The Joint Chiefs of Staff.
(b) JFK and Robert.
(c) Robert and Sorensen.
(d) The State Department.

7. Who was the ex-Chancellor of Germany at the outbreak of World War I?
(a) Joseph Stalin.
(b) Prince von Bulow.
(c) Adolf Hitler.
(d) Kristof Romanoff.

8. According to Robert in "Some of the things we learned . . .," what must a President have access to?
(a) Nuclear weapons.
(b) People with expertise and knowledge.
(c) Ambassadors.
(d) Journalists.

9. Who said, "I am not in an American courtroom, sir, and therefore I do not wish to answer a question that is put to me in the fashion in which a prosecutor puts questions" (58)?
(a) V. A. Zorin.
(b) Adlai Stevenson.
(c) Andrei Gromyko.
(d) Don Wilson.

10. What does the change in attitude from the letter received on the 26th and the letter received on the 27th suggest?
(a) Translation mistakes.
(b) Desire for war.
(c) Soviet confusion.
(d) Deception.

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

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

13. Who would analyze Khrushchev's personal letter and make recommendations on October 27th?
(a) The State Department.
(b) Congress.
(c) The Joint Chiefs of Staff.
(d) Robert.

14. What did the Joint Chief of Staff suggest the U.S. do to respond to the letter sent October 27th?
(a) Meet with Khrushchev personally.
(b) Refuse any negotiations in a letter.
(c) Military action.
(d) Strengthen the blockade.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who was George Ball?

2. What did the ex-Chancellor of Germany at the outbreak of the First World War ask his successor?

3. Whose job does Robert believe is getting bigger and is in actuality five jobs under one title?

4. Who handles all international problems for the U.S.?

5. Who wrote, "there is just no foreseeable route by which the United States and Soviet Union could become involved in a major nuclear war" (104)?

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