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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Isaacson reports that Averell Harriman took what position in the Roosevelt Administration?
(a) Transportation adviser for the new National Defense Advisory Commission.
(b) Assistant director to the Federal Reserve.
(c) Railroad advisor to the Department of Commerce.
(d) Assistant Secretary of War.

2. Who does Isaacson claim blocked MacArthur's plans for slowing the flow of Chinese soldiers into the Korean War?
(a) President Harry Truman.
(b) Deputy Secretary of Defense Robert Lovett.
(c) White House Liaison with the Korean command George Kennan.
(d) Under Secretary of State Dean Acheson.

3. Who was the Republican upon whom the Truman Administration focused to win support for the Marshall Plan, according to Isaacson?
(a) Senator Arthur Vandenberg of Michigan.
(b) Republican House Leader, Charles Halleck.
(c) Congressman Joseph McCarthy of Minnesota.
(d) Congressman Richard Nixon of California.

4. What was one of the first challenges facing the Truman Administration in dealing with the Soviet Union after WWII, according to Isaacson?
(a) Slowing the influence of Soviet communism over the Maoist movement in China.
(b) Dealing with Soviet front groups in the United States.
(c) Trying to prevent the Soviet Union from taking German industrial equipment and charging reparations against Germany.
(d) Blocking the Soviet Union from attempting to set terms of peace with Japan.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the ratio of students who passed the training for Kennan's chosen field to those who took the course, according to Isaacson?

2. What Assistant Secretary of War does Isaacson cite as fearing American isolationism after WWII?

3. When had Dean Acheson worked with Secretary of State George Marshall, prior to Marshall's appointment to the State Department, according to Isaacson?

4. After the atomic bombs had been detonated in Japan, what does Isaacson indicate to be the next challenge for the government in the post-war era?

5. Who encouraged the United States to rearm and come out of what Isaacson claims to be a period of isolationism following WWI?

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