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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 15.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Isaacson claim to be George Kennan's biggest concern regarding Soviet Communism?
(a) The appeal to the working class being taxed to support international efforts.
(b) Its ability to adjust and change its public approaches based upon efforts to contain it.
(c) Subversion, not invasion.
(d) Populist indignation at elites.

2. Which of the "Wise Men" does Isaacson report to be the son of a wealthy railway tycoon?
(a) Dean Acheson.
(b) Averell Harriman.
(c) Robert Lovett.
(d) Chip Bohlen.

3. What decision did Secretary of State Edward Stettinius make that Isaacson claimed frustrated Harriman?
(a) Stettinius ordered Harriman's replacement as Ambassador to Russia.
(b) Stettinius began the process of cutting Russia out of any post-war decsions.
(c) Stettinius ordered Harriman to stay in Russia during the aftermath of Roosevelt's death.
(d) Stettinius began direct negotiations with Stalin.

4. What does Isaacson claim the Secretary of War called Lovett and McCloy?
(a) "The Dynamic Duo."
(b) "The Heavenly Twins."
(c) "Two of a kind."
(d) "The Minnesota Twins."

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

Short Answer Questions

1. When had Dean Acheson worked with Secretary of State George Marshall, prior to Marshall's appointment to the State Department, according to Isaacson?

2. What does Isaacson report that members of the Truman Administration suggested caused the political opposition to the Truman Doctrine to confront Soviet Communism wherever it was asserted?

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

4. When did Averell Harriman join the most elite club at Yale according to Isaacson?

5. Who encouraged the United States to rearm and come out of what Isaacson claims to be a period of isolationism following WWI?

(see the answer key)

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