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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. What does Robert claim can "best be judged by conflict, by debate" (86)?
2. Who was JFK communicating with on a daily basis?
3. Robert tells he once heard World War Three would be fought with atomic weapons. What then would the next war be fought with?
4. 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)?
5. What was different about the letter received on the morning of October 27th from the letter received October 26th?
Short Essay Questions
1. While still in communications with Khrushchev, RFK writes that "both 'hawks' and 'doves' sensed that our combination of limited force and diplomatic efforts had been unsuccessful" (64). What do the symbolic terms "hawks" and "doves" stand for?
2. What does Robert tell is the final lesson learned in the Cuban Missile Crisis?
3. What did the letter received October 23rd from Khrushchev imply about the U.S. and the repercussions the U.S. may expect?
4. What is JFK referencing when he says that "we are now in an entirely new ball game" (74)? What has changed?
5. Khrushchev uses several metaphors in his letter to JFK. What is one metaphor and what does it mean?
6. In the letter received October 26th, what does Khrushchev claim is the reason he sent weapons to Cuba?
7. Why did JFK choose the Marucla for the first vessel to be boarded?
8. What is one example Robert provides of a devil's advocate working?
9. Why does Robert believe that a devil's advocate is necessary for the President?
10. After the Soviet's agree to a stand down, JFK makes an analogy between himself and Abraham Lincoln. What does he say and what does it mean?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
In an essay compare the "hawks" and "doves" from Thirteen Days. What does the symbol mean? Who was a hawk? A dove? How do the symbols help to illustrate their differences?
Essay Topic 2
The analogy made comparing the Pearl Harbor bombing and the Cuban Missile Crisis is made several times in Thirteen Days. Find at least three passages that make this comparison and in an essay discuss on what points they are comparable. Then analyze how they differ. Is the comparison accurate and should it be made? Support your ideas with facts.
Essay Topic 3
Robert Kennedy, Richard Neustadt, and Graham Allison all identify isolationism to be a problem. In an essay, identify why people would desire isolationism and determine if isolationism is even an option in today's world. Why or why not? Make a conclusion at the end of your determining if isolationism is truly a good idea or not? Use citations from Thirteen Days in your arguments.
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