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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 13-14.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Isaacson report that Clark Clifford understood the rivalry between the U.S. and the Soviet Union had to be framed to make the general public support confronting the Communists?
(a) Clifford understood the rivalry had, "...to be framed as a contest between the forces of darkness and light."
(b) Clifford understood the rivalry had, "...to be framed as fearfully as possible to cajole the general public to put unquestioning support for the wisdom of its government."
(c) Clifford understood the rivalry had, "...to be framed as a personal cause of free American talent overcoming international slavery."
(d) Clifford understood the rivalry had, "...to be framed as a potential threat to the freedom and security of every individual in the country."

2. Which of the six "Wise Men" does Isaacson report Roosevelt's Secretary of War asked to work on German espionage?
(a) John McCloy.
(b) Robert Lovett.
(c) Averell Harriman.
(d) Chip Bohlen.

3. What does Isaacson suggest was a practical challenge that Truman faced when he began his presidency?
(a) He was not well versed in foreign policy.
(b) Truman, as vice president, had not been part of any post-war planning meetings nor had he been given any military secrets, such as the existence of the atomic bomb.
(c) Truman was replacing Roosevelt who had become identifiable with the presidency.
(d) Some people were not aware that he was the Vice President.

4. How did Isaacson claim Acheson described the division of the world between the United States and the Soviet Union during the crisis facing Greece and Turkey?
(a) "...a contest between freedom and slavery."
(b) "...an unbridgeable ideological chasm."
(c) "...a test of free will against coercion."
(d) "...a struggle between totalitarianism and democracy."

5. Isaacson reports that Averell Harriman took what position in the Roosevelt Administration?
(a) Railroad advisor to the Department of Commerce.
(b) Transportation adviser for the new National Defense Advisory Commission.
(c) Assistant director to the Federal Reserve.
(d) Assistant Secretary of War.

Short Answer Questions

1. How did George Kennan develop his connection to Russia according to Isaacson?

2. How did communist cells throughout Europe respond to the Marshall Plan?

3. What does Isaacson report that John McCloy called, "Something that is worse than anything probably that ever happened in the world"?

4. What does Isaacson report to be the differences between the negotiating styles of Roosevelt and Truman?

5. What does Isaacson claim the Secretary of War called Lovett and McCloy?

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