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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 24.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How did communist cells throughout Europe respond to the Marshall Plan?
(a) They posed as businesses that received funds that were then put into programs to promote communism.
(b) They started programs of social support for European laborers to win political support for their agendas.
(c) They began a program of counterfeiting currencies to cause an inflationary cycle.
(d) They would attempt to disrupt governments and try to bring them down.

2. Who does Isaacson record to be the first Democrat candidate for president in 1952 after President Truman announced he would not seek re-election?
(a) John Foster Dulles.
(b) Adlai Stevenson.
(c) Dwight D. Eisenhower.
(d) Averell Harriman.

3. Why did President Eisenhower relieve Bob Lovett from the Defense Department, according to Isaacson?
(a) Because Lovett was considered untrustworthy based upon his relationship with Alger Hiss.
(b) Because Lovett was found leaking policy decisions to his Democrat friends outside the administration.
(c) Because the Eisenhower Administration planned to cut spending on conventional forces and rely totally on nuclear weapons for defense.
(d) Because Lovett was a Democrat and Republicans demanded party loyalty while they had control of Congress.

4. For what purpose had Robert Lovett's father been grooming him and Averell Harriman since their graduation from college, according to Isaacson?
(a) To become new masters of the emerging high finance sector of the economy.
(b) To help him run his investment banks.
(c) To help him run the Union Pacific railway empire.
(d) To move into foreign service for the government.

5. What does Isaacson suggest shaped President Johnson's views on dealing with Soviet Communism?
(a) The viciousness with which Joseph Stalin purged political enemies throughout his reign.
(b) The views of Dean Acheson as he served as a congressman in the late 1940's.
(c) Johnson's admiration for the Truman Administration's confrontation of communist imperialism.
(d) Johnson's desire to show his power against that of the leaders of the Soviet Union.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Isaacson claim to be George Kennan's biggest concern regarding Soviet Communism?

3. What State Department official does Isaacson report to have been determined to bring the United States into a "Western Union" military alliance?

4. After Dwight D. Eisenhower was elected president in 1952, who does Isaacson state became Secretary of State?

5. What concern does Isaacson claim motivated Under Secretary of State Dean Acheson to encourage America's financial support for Greece?

(see the answer key)

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