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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?
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?
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."