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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What political movement did Bohlen defend to his classmates?
(a) Corporate fascism.
(b) Cobdenite free traders.
(c) Russia's Bolshevik Revolution.
(d) Labor Unionists.

2. 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) To train underclassmen on their place on campus.
(c) To serve as a place at which underclassmen could play rowdy poker games.
(d) It was called a "waiting" club where members waited to be asked to join a more prestigious club.

3. Which of the "Wise Men" does Isaacson report to have negotiated trade deals with leaders of the communist government in Russia in 1922?
(a) Dean Acheson.
(b) Robert Lovett.
(c) Averell Harriman.
(d) Chip Bohlen.

4. Who does Issacson report to have written a telegram that claimed fear that war could come, "with dramatic suddenness"?
(a) George Kennan.
(b) General Douglas MacArthur.
(c) General Lucius Clay, the Military Governor of Germany.
(d) Former Secretary of War Henry Stimson.

5. What does Isaacson suggest to be one of the largest factors in America's rise to prominence after WWII?
(a) Britain's inability to support its empire.
(b) America's ability to convert consumer production to war production.
(c) America's size and population relative to most other countries.
(d) America's ability to be self-sufficient.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. With whom did John McCloy and Robert Lovett serve as advisers to the Secretary of War, according to Isaacson?

3. What approach did Wall Street favor regarding the future of Germany's industrial base during plans for the post-war era, according to Isaacson?

4. What does Isaacson record came of Kennan's concern regarding confronting Soviet Communism?

5. What does Isaacson cite as the difference between Kennan's and Chip Bohlen's approach to preparing for their chosen field?

(see the answer key)

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