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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 18-19.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What State Department official does Isaacson report to have been determined to bring the United States into a "Western Union" military alliance?
(a) Robert Lovett.
(b) John Hickerson.
(c) Theodore Achilles.
(d) Donald Maclean.

2. After Dwight D. Eisenhower was elected president in 1952, who does Isaacson state became Secretary of State?
(a) Averell Harriman.
(b) Adlai Stevenson.
(c) Richard Nixon.
(d) John Foster Dulles.

3. What quality of Truman's does Isaacson claim was welcomed by the liaison between the State Department and the White House ?
(a) Truman's willingness to accept counsel.
(b) Truman's forthrightness.
(c) Truman's predictability.
(d) Truman's common perspective.

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

5. What unusual practice did Soviet pilots take as they flew in approach to Russian cities, according to Isaacson?
(a) They approached Russian cities at tree top level so as to be recognized by the Russian military.
(b) They shut off their engines and glided into a landing to avoid detections by subversives.
(c) They did barrel rolls to impress Stalin with their skill.
(d) They went into a "torpedo dive" to best avoid being hit by enemy fire.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Isaacson claim to be the goal of the "Wise Men"?

2. What political movement did Bohlen defend to his classmates?

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

4. Upon whom does Isaacson claim that Stimson relied to help him achieve his goal regarding the control of the atom bomb?

5. What does Isaacson suggest started becoming a concern to the six "Wise Men" shortly after WWII began?

(see the answer key)

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