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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 position did the "Wise Man" who implemented the Lend Lease program eventually take in the Roosevelt administration?
(a) Assistant Secretary of State for Economic Affairs.
(b) Assistant Secretary of War.
(c) Under Secretary of State.
(d) Secretary of Commerce.

2. 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.

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) Averell Harriman.
(b) Chip Bohlen.
(c) Robert Lovett.
(d) Dean Acheson.

4. How did the Pentagon recommend the government should respond to the Soviet Union's possession of nuclear weapons, according to Isaacson?
(a) The Pentagon recommended increased budgets for all possible strategies so the country could be kept safe from communist aggression.
(b) The Pentagon recommended an increase in A-bomb production.
(c) The Pentagon recommended increased presence and support for conventional war to avoid a nuclear confrontation.
(d) The Pentagon recommended a national campaign to inform citizens of the need for increased military spending to keep the communist threat at bay.

5. How does Isaacson claim Chip Bohlen became an important American diplomat in Russia?
(a) He could talk Russian like a native and had the ability to express blunt opinions with a disarming smile.
(b) He fully understood the demands of protocol and effectively avoided turmoil with his Russian hosts.
(c) He understood the priniples of communist dialectics and was able to navigate various negotiations with communist officials.
(d) He was skillful in winning the trust of Russians who were desirous of escaping Soviet Communism and helped them escape to freedom.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Isaacson suggest to be the result of George Kennan's "Long Telegram"?

3. What was the document that Isaacson claims to be the blueprint for national security policy through the 1960's?

4. What was one of the first challenges facing the Truman Administration in dealing with the Soviet Union after WWII, according to Isaacson?

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

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