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6. What did Castro purge in March 1962?

  • Escalante's Pro-PRC Faction.
  • Escalante's Pro-Soviet Faction.
  • Escelante's Pro-Soviet Faction.
  • Escelante's Pro-US Faction.

7. What did Brezhnev call for after the crisis?

  • Improved relations with the PRC.
  • Khrushchev's removal.
  • A break off of relations with Cuba.
  • Nuclear parity with the US.

8. The flaw in the 1963 partial test ban treaty was that...

  • Tests could still go on underground.
  • Tests could still go on underwater.
  • The USSR didn't sign.
  • It meant the USSR could gain nuclear parity with the US.

9. What was the name of Castro's revolutionary supporters?

  • Los Barbudos.
  • Las Berdardos.
  • Las Barbudos.
  • Los Barbados.

10. On what date did Khrushchev dismantle the missiles in Cuba?

  • 30 October.
  • 28 October.
  • 26 October.
  • 29 October.

11. What did the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty agree to?

  • Nuclear technology should not be supplied to other countries.
  • A 10 year arms reduction programme.
  • US should limit number of SLBMs.
  • No one should install missiles in Cuba.

12. When did JFK receive the first letter from Khrushchev?

  • 27 October.
  • 29 October.
  • 26 October.
  • 25 October.

13. What was the proposal made in the first letter from Khrushchev?

  • USSR would not remove missiles but would enter negotiations.
  • Removal of the missiles provided US promise of non-attack on Cuba.
  • Removal of the missiles provided US removed missiles in Turkey.
  • US should remove blockade and enter negotiations.

14. In what year was the 'red telephone' hotline established?

  • 1963.
  • 1965.
  • 1962.
  • 1964.

15. What was the name of the US military manoeuvre that took place in March 1962?

  • Operation Quick Kick.
  • Operation Mongoose.
  • Operation Rolling Thunder.
  • Bay of Pigs Fiasco.

16. Khrushchev said that the blockade was...

  • "threatening Cuba."
  • "a breach of the principles of peaceful coexistence."
  • "pushing mankind towards the abyss of world missile nuclear war."
  • "pushing mankind towards the abyss of world war."

17. Who made a speech to the UN on 21st of Sept, warning that attack on Cuba would mean war with the USSR?

  • Brezhnev.
  • USSR Ambassador to Havana, Alexeyev.
  • USSR Foreign Minister, Gromyko.
  • Khrushchev.

18. How many countries signed the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty?

  • 200.
  • 160.
  • 190.
  • 120.

19. When did JFK receive Khrushchev's second letter?

  • 28 October.
  • 27 October.
  • 26 October.
  • 29 October.

20. In a speech on 22 October, JFK called upon Khrushchev to halt "this..."

  • "aggressive and careless threat to world peace."
  • "reckless and provocative threat to world peace."
  • "act of aggression against the security of the United States."
  • "provocative and dangerous threat to world peace."