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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 13-14.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who does Isaacson report chose Kennan and Bohlen for service in the American Embassy in Moscow?
(a) The American Ambassador to Russia, William Bullitt.
(b) Secretary of War Henry Lewis Stimson.
(c) Secretary of State Elihu Root.
(d) President Franklin Roosevelt.

2. Where does Isaacson claim Averell Harriman was when the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941?
(a) He was having a picnic with his wife at his Maryland farm.
(b) He was in a movie house wathcing Ninotchka.
(c) He was visiting Winston Churchill in his country home in Chequers.
(d) He was at his desk in the War Department.

3. What does Isaacson report to be the legacy of Harvard's President Charles Elliot after his 40 year tenure ended in 1909?
(a) "Living well is the best revenge."
(b) "Our undisciplinables are our proudest product."
(c) "To allow each man to think and do as he pleases."
(d) "Heresy has always been a Harvard institution."

4. Who coined the term "Iron Curtain" in a cable to President Truman?
(a) Winston Churchill.
(b) John McCloy.
(c) George Kennan.
(d) Henry Stimson.

5. What does Isaacson report to have been the reaction to communist tactics against the Marshall Plan?
(a) Congress initiated the House Un-American Activities Committee.
(b) Congress began to realize that the battle against communism was going to be long and costly.
(c) The American public began looking for similar activities within their communities.
(d) The Truman Administration had the evidence of the corrosive nature of communism to convince the country its steps were the right ones.

Short Answer Questions

1. What event does Isaacson suggest brought calls to come out of its isolationism following WWI?

2. How did George Kennan develop his connection to Russia according to Isaacson?

3. What quality made Lovett and McCloy influential insiders, according to Isaacson?

4. What was Bohlen's first assignment after he completed training in his field, according to Issacson?

5. Who wrote the top-secret "recommendations for the use of nuclear weapons"?

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