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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 report to be a weakness Bohlen exhibited in the execution of his profession?
(a) His penmanship was poor and he never learned to type.
(b) His social proclivities caused embarrasments for other Administration officials.
(c) His poor manners offended the keepers of protocol.
(d) He was often too risky with investor's funds.

2. What does Isaacson report eventually came of the idea of a "Western Union" military alliance?
(a) It became the United Nations (UN).
(b) It became the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA).
(c) It became the European Union (EU).
(d) It became the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO).

3. What does Isaacson claim to be the purpose of the club that Bohlen joined?
(a) It was a "final club" for members who would join no others after coming into it.
(b) It was called a "waiting" club where members waited to be asked to join a more prestigious club.
(c) To serve as a place at which underclassmen could play rowdy poker games.
(d) To train underclassmen on their place on campus.

4. What does Isaacson report that John McCloy called, "Something that is worse than anything probably that ever happened in the world"?
(a) The death of Franklin Roosevelt.
(b) The rift that was coming between the Soviet Union and the United States.
(c) The devastation caused to Germany from WWII.
(d) The dropping of the atom bomb on Hiroshima.

5. 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) John McCloy.
(d) Dean Acheson.

Short Answer Questions

1. Under what circumstances did Robert Lovett claim to Isaacson that he met the Harriman Family?

2. What does Isaacson report to be the warning the Allied powers gave to the Japanese regarding the dropping of the atomic bomb?

3. Under which president did Dean Acheson serve in the Attorney General's office?

4. How did John McCloy come into contact with Averell Harriman and Robert Lovett?

5. Who convinced one of the "Wise Men" to stop doing business with the Russian communists, according to Isaacson?

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