Toefl exam Essentials

12. What is the speaker’s main point?
a. Thirteen days is not a long time.
b. The Soviet threat during the Cuban Missile Crisis was
not real.
c. The Cuban Missile Crisis put the world at risk of
nuclear war.
d. The Cuban Missile Crisis was a significant historical
event.
13. According to the speaker, President Kennedy
a. knew that Khrushchev would back down.
b. didn’t think the situation was very serious.
c. viewed the crisis as a conflict between Cuba and the
United States only.
d. believed the crisis was principally between the United
States and the Soviet Union.

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TOEFL EXAM ESSENTIALS
14. According to the speaker, at the time of the Cuban Mis-
sile Crisis, the U.S. government
a. was not surprised to find missile installations in Cuba.