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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What decision did Harriman influence Stalin to make, according to Isaacson, to get around the decision of Secretary Stettinius?
(a) He influenced Stalin to reject the replacement Stettinius planned to send.
(b) He used his connections in the Kremlin to navigate some of Stettinius's negotiations.
(c) He advised Stalin to negotiate directly with Churchill to counter Stettinius' efforts.
(d) To send Vyacheslav Molotov to the grand opening of the United Nations so Harriman could accompany him on the trip.

2. Who was the State Department's Liaison with the White House during the transfer of power from Roosevelt to Truman?
(a) George Kennan.
(b) Dean Acheson.
(c) John McCloy.
(d) Charles Bohlen.

3. Where does Isaacson claim Averell Harriman was when the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941?
(a) He was in a movie house wathcing Ninotchka.
(b) He was having a picnic with his wife at his Maryland farm.
(c) He was at his desk in the War Department.
(d) He was visiting Winston Churchill in his country home in Chequers.

4. What exclusive club did Chip Bohlen join at Harvard according to Isaacson?
(a) The Porcellian.
(b) The Harvard Lampoon.
(c) Skull and Bones.
(d) Sphinx-Kalumet Club.

5. What does Isaacson report to have been the reaction to communist tactics against the Marshall Plan?
(a) The Truman Administration had the evidence of the corrosive nature of communism to convince the country its steps were the right ones.
(b) Congress initiated the House Un-American Activities Committee.
(c) The American public began looking for similar activities within their communities.
(d) Congress began to realize that the battle against communism was going to be long and costly.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How did George Kennan contribute to Acheson's effort to win support for Greece and Turkey, according to Isaacson?

3. Who was the Republican upon whom the Truman Administration focused to win support for the Marshall Plan, according to Isaacson?

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

5. 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?

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