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

2. In what town does Isaacson claim that George Kennan was born?
(a) Milwaukee.
(b) Chicago.
(c) London.
(d) New York.

3. How did George Kennan contribute to Acheson's effort to win support for Greece and Turkey, according to Isaacson?
(a) Kennan lent the cause credibility by showing how doing so would be an application of his popular document of containment.
(b) Kennan found a Russian exile to meet with congressmen to detail the plans of the Soviet government for overtaking all of Europe.
(c) Kennan wrote a speech that gave undeniable arguments in support for the cause.
(d) Kennan took a film crew to make a documentary of the desparation of Greece and Turkey.

4. What does Isaacson claim to be the reason that Harriman and Dean Acheson supported making post-war loans to the Soviets?
(a) Both realized that the Soviet economy was unproductive and felt that loans could nudge the Soviets to a market economy.
(b) Both considered loans to be a show of good faith that the U.S. was willing to work with the Soviets in spite of ideological differences.
(c) Both saw the loans as a means of gaining bargaining leverage with the Kremlin.
(d) Both considered that the friendship of the Soviets could be bought.

5. Who does Isaacson report to have been the vice president the W. A. Harriman investment firm?
(a) Franklin Roosevelt.
(b) Prescott Bush, father of former President George H.W. Bush.
(c) Dwight D. Eisenhower.
(d) Harry Truman.

Short Answer Questions

1. What exclusive club did Chip Bohlen join at Harvard according to Isaacson?

2. Who was the Republican upon whom the Truman Administration focused to win support for the Marshall Plan, according to Isaacson?

3. Where does Isaacson claim Averell Harriman and Dean Acheson first met?

4. How does Isaacson claim Joseph Stalin's temperament changed between Harriman's first and second meetings?

5. What quality of Truman's does Isaacson claim was welcomed by the liaison between the State Department and the White House ?

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