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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What position did the "Wise Man" who implemented the Lend Lease program eventually take in the Roosevelt administration?
(a) Assistant Secretary of War.
(b) Secretary of Commerce.
(c) Assistant Secretary of State for Economic Affairs.
(d) Under Secretary of State.

3. 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) To send Vyacheslav Molotov to the grand opening of the United Nations so Harriman could accompany him on the trip.
(d) He advised Stalin to negotiate directly with Churchill to counter Stettinius' efforts.

4. How did communist cells throughout Europe respond to the Marshall Plan?
(a) They would attempt to disrupt governments and try to bring them down.
(b) They started programs of social support for European laborers to win political support for their agendas.
(c) They began a program of counterfeiting currencies to cause an inflationary cycle.
(d) They posed as businesses that received funds that were then put into programs to promote communism.

5. What does Isaacson report to be the warning the Allied powers gave to the Japanese regarding the dropping of the atomic bomb?
(a) Radio interruptions of Japanese airwaves that warned the Japanese of America's possession of, "a weapon of mass destruction."
(b) A vague clue in the Potsdam proclamation describing "immeasurably greater" powers and that, "The alternative for Japan is prompt and utter destruction."
(c) Communiques made to Japanese leaders through their various channels of communication.
(d) Ads placed in Japanese newspapers warning of coming destruction.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was one of the first challenges facing the Truman Administration in dealing with the Soviet Union after WWII, according to Isaacson?

2. What does Isaacson suggest to be one of the largest factors in America's rise to prominence after WWII?

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

4. Which of the six "Wise Men" does Isaacson report Roosevelt's Secretary of War asked to work on German espionage?

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

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