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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 does Isaacson suggest to be one of the largest factors in America's rise to prominence after WWII?
(a) America's ability to convert consumer production to war production.
(b) Britain's inability to support its empire.
(c) America's ability to be self-sufficient.
(d) America's size and population relative to most other countries.

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

3. What does Isaacson claim to be Bohlen's view of Bolshevism?
(a) He saw Bolshevism to be a threat to liberal progressivism in Western nations.
(b) He reviled in the violent destruction Bolsheviks were willing to employ to hold onto power.
(c) He was nonjudgemental and unreflective about Bolshevism.
(d) He was fascinated by the tenants of Soviet Communism.

4. Who does Isaacson report chose Kennan and Bohlen for service in the American Embassy in Moscow?
(a) Secretary of State Elihu Root.
(b) President Franklin Roosevelt.
(c) The American Ambassador to Russia, William Bullitt.
(d) Secretary of War Henry Lewis Stimson.

5. Who was the Republican upon whom the Truman Administration focused to win support for the Marshall Plan, according to Isaacson?
(a) Senator Arthur Vandenberg of Michigan.
(b) Republican House Leader, Charles Halleck.
(c) Congressman Richard Nixon of California.
(d) Congressman Joseph McCarthy of Minnesota.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Isaacson claim President Truman planned to fight for support for the Marshall Plan in Congress?

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

3. What does Isaacson claim to be the most elite club at Yale?

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

5. Who was the State Department's Liaison with the White House during the transfer of power from Roosevelt to Truman?

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