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)? (From Thirteen Days, pgs. 89-106)
Robert.
Barbara Tuchman.
Prince von Bulow.
JFK.
What was the name of the first ship boarded at the blockade? (From Thirteen Days, pgs. 63-88)
2.
John Pierce.
Kremlin.
Marucla.
Bucharest.
3.
Which two countries in Africa did JFK seek support from during the missile crisis? (From Thirteen
Days, pgs. 89-106)
Canary Islands and South Africa.
Guinea and Senegal.
Egypt and Ethiopia.
Algeria and Kenya.
How many ships either stopped or turned back before reaching the blockade? (From Thirteen
Days, pgs. 35-61)
4.
4.
10.
14.
25.
5.
Who informed the President about the presence of Soviet missiles in Cuba? (From Thirteen Days,
pgs. 106-150)
Robert.
John McCone.
Theodore Sorensen.
McGeorge Bundy.
What century produced our Constitution? (From Thirteen Days, pgs. 106-150)
Eighteenth.
Nineteenth.
Twenty-first.
Twentieth.
7.
What did Dobrynin say the Cubans resented when Robert meets with him after the U-2 was shot
down? (From Thirteen Days, pgs. 63-88)
U.S. democracy.
Violation of Cuban air space.
Socialism.
The Bay of Pigs.
8.
When the Soviet Union refused to acknowledge the blockade, how often were low level flights
conducted over Cuba? (From Thirteen Days, pgs. 63-88)
Once a day.
Five times a day.
Every two hours.
Every hour.
Who sent messages praising Russia and castigating the U.S.? (From Thirteen Days, pgs. 35-61)
9.
Ted Sorensen.
Bertrand Russell.
Fidel Castro.
David Ormsby Gore.
10.
Why did the Assistant for National Security Affairs wait to inform the President about missiles in
Cuba? (From Thirteen Days, pgs. 106-150)
In order to check facts.
He did not want to admit it was happening.
To let the President get a good night's sleep.
To buy time.
11.
What does the change in attitude from the letter received on the 26th and the letter received on
the 27th suggest? (From Thirteen Days, pgs. 63-88)
Desire for war.
Deception.
Soviet confusion.
Translation mistakes.
What was different about the letter received on the morning of October 27th from the letter
received October 26th? (From Thirteen Days, pgs. 63-88)
Less aggressive.
More cooperative.
More apologetic.
12.
More formal.
13.
What is one reason that the President may not include Congress in his decision making? (From
Thirteen Days, pgs. 106-150)
The Congress is too divided.
Need for secrecy.
Distrust of opponents.
The President does not require advice.
Who said "we are now in an entirely new ball game" (74)? (From Thirteen Days, pgs. 63-88)
14.
Robert Kennedy.
Anderson.
McNamara.
JFK.
15.
What did Eisenhower create in order to pre-associate Congress with the Presidents decisions to
move militarily? (From Thirteen Days, pgs. 106-150)
Ex Comm.
Freedom of Information Act.
Quemoy-Matsu.
Congressional committees.
Who wrote the Afterword for Thirteen Days? (From Thirteen Days, pgs. 89-106)
16.
Arthur Schlesinger, Jr.
Richard Neustadt and Graham Allison.
David Schoenbrun.
Theodore Sorensen.
Which country does Robert identify that originally doubted the U.S.'s position regarding Cuba?
(From Thirteen Days, pgs. 63-88)
17.
France.
Great Britain.
Germany.
Brazil.
What did Dean Acheson believe the blockade was? (From Thirteen Days, pgs. 106-150)
The only answer.
The right move.
18.
The path to nuclear war.
A delay tactic.
19.
Why did JFK change the line of interception for the blockade? (From Thirteen Days, pgs. 35-61)
To tighten the line.
To buy time.
For safety.
To show force.
Who was the Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation at the time of the Cuban Missile
Crisis? (From Thirteen Days, pgs. 63-88)
Ronald Reagan.
John Scali.
J. Edgar. Hoover.
Dwight D. Eisenhower.
20.