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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 20-21.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Isaacson claim Bohlen distinguished himself in the service of his first assignment?
(a) He impressed his superiors with his diligent interest in Russia and its language.
(b) He left a strong impression with his writing ability.
(c) He impressed members of the Roosevelt Administration with his insights into economics and industry.
(d) He impressed the investors of W.A. Harriman with his knack for choosing growing companies in which to invest.

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) Because he would be better able to continue his advanced studies while working with younger children.
(b) It was his mother's way of assuring he would make the right social contacts.
(c) Because the pay was better than taking one of the part-time jobs in the city.
(d) So he could be networking for a good career.

3. When had Dean Acheson worked with Secretary of State George Marshall, prior to Marshall's appointment to the State Department, according to Isaacson?
(a) While he was on the Yale crew coached by Averell Harriman.
(b) During a campaign to shake America out of its post WWI "isolationism."
(c) In China to mediate an end to the civil war between Chiang Kai-shek and Mao Tse Tung.
(d) As a clerk to Supreme Court Justice William Howard Taft.

4. What was one of the first challenges facing the Truman Administration in dealing with the Soviet Union after WWII, according to Isaacson?
(a) Blocking the Soviet Union from attempting to set terms of peace with Japan.
(b) Dealing with Soviet front groups in the United States.
(c) Slowing the influence of Soviet communism over the Maoist movement in China.
(d) Trying to prevent the Soviet Union from taking German industrial equipment and charging reparations against Germany.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What were the three questions President Truman wrote regarding America's confrontation with Soviet aggression?

2. According to Isaacson, how did Harriman respond to Stalin's shifting demeanor?

3. What quality made Lovett and McCloy influential insiders, according to Isaacson?

4. What does Isaacson report Vice President Harry Truman was doing when news of President Roosevelt's death was first leaked?

5. Which of the "Wise Men" does Isaacson report to have negotiated trade deals with leaders of the communist government in Russia in 1922?

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