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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 quality made Lovett and McCloy influential insiders, according to Isaacson?
(a) Their overseas experiences with world leaders.
(b) The informal social networks they had formed.
(c) Their intimate friendships with President Franklin Roosevelt.
(d) Their efficient methods of researching and writing reports.

2. What is the reason Isaacson suggests that John McCLoy's mother encouraged him to tutor children of her wealthy clients during summers away from school?
(a) So he could be networking for a good career.
(b) Because he would be better able to continue his advanced studies while working with younger children.
(c) Because the pay was better than taking one of the part-time jobs in the city.
(d) It was his mother's way of assuring he would make the right social contacts.

3. How did George Kennan develop his connection to Russia according to Isaacson?
(a) By studying Russian in Paris.
(b) By reading War and Peace.
(c) By working with Russian ambassadors to Germany.
(d) By studying under Russian professors who were experts in the Czarist era.

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

5. What concern does Isaacson claim motivated Under Secretary of State Dean Acheson to encourage America's financial support for Greece?
(a) That an economic collapse in Greece would be widely seen as a failure of market systems.
(b) That an economic collapse in Greece would lead to a general economic collapse throughout Europe.
(c) That an economic collapse in Greece would expose the weakness of America's "dollar diplomacy."
(d) A possible takeover of Greece by communists as a result of a civil war.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Isaacson define as the main political challenge to the Truman Administration encouraging Congress to support financial aid to Greece and Turkey?

2. What was the ratio of students who passed the training for Kennan's chosen field to those who took the course, according to Isaacson?

3. Who coined the term "Iron Curtain" in a cable to President Truman?

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

5. What decision did Harriman influence Stalin to make, according to Isaacson, to get around the decision of Secretary Stettinius?

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