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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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) Adlai Stevenson.
(b) V. A. Zorin.
(c) Don Wilson.
(d) Andrei Gromyko.

2. How many passengers were on the East German Passenger ship that approached the blockade?
(a) Fifty.
(b) One hundered.
(c) One thousand.
(d) Fifteen hundered.

3. Which two countries in Africa did JFK seek support from during the missile crisis?
(a) Algeria and Kenya.
(b) Guinea and Senegal.
(c) Egypt and Ethiopia.
(d) Canary Islands and South Africa.

4. 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) The U.N.
(d) Britain.

5. What animal does Khrushchev compare Russia and the U.S. to when he says they will be exterminated in the case of a war?
(a) Doves.
(b) Moles.
(c) Rats.
(d) Hawkes.

6. What was the name of the first ship boarded at the blockade?
(a) Marucla.
(b) John Pierce.
(c) Kremlin.
(d) Bucharest.

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

8. 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.

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

10. Who urged the President to release photos of missiles to the UN for publication?
(a) Ted Sorensen.
(b) Pierre Salinger
(c) Dovid Ormsby Gore.
(d) Adlai Stevenson.

11. Who wrote the Afterword for Thirteen Days?
(a) David Schoenbrun.
(b) Arthur Schlesinger, Jr.
(c) Theodore Sorensen.
(d) Richard Neustadt and Graham Allison.

12. During the Cuban Missile Crisis, what role did Congress play?
(a) They declared war.
(b) They were informed.
(c) Some were members of Ex Comm.
(d) They helped formulate ideas.

13. 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)?
(a) Thodore Sorensen.
(b) Thomas Schelling.
(c) Robert McNamara.
(d) Dwight D. Eisenhower.

14. Who was JFK communicating with on a daily basis?
(a) Khrushechev.
(b) Robert.
(c) The OAS.
(d) U Thant.

15. Who said "I am not going to follow a course which will allow anyone to write a comparable book about this time, The Missiles of October" (98)?
(a) JFK.
(b) Prince von Bulow.
(c) Barbara Tuchman.
(d) Robert.

Short Answer Questions

1. 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)?

2. What do men have the power to do today that they did not in past war making?

3. In a conversation between JFK and Robert, how far did JFK say that he wanted to push the Russians?

4. How many destroyers did the U.S. put in Caribbean waters?

5. According to Khrushchev, who are the only people who would provoke war in today's nuclear world?

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