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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 20-21.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Isaacson report to be the warning the Allied powers gave to the Japanese regarding the dropping of the atomic bomb?
(a) Radio interruptions of Japanese airwaves that warned the Japanese of America's possession of, "a weapon of mass destruction."
(b) Ads placed in Japanese newspapers warning of coming destruction.
(c) A vague clue in the Potsdam proclamation describing "immeasurably greater" powers and that, "The alternative for Japan is prompt and utter destruction."
(d) Communiques made to Japanese leaders through their various channels of communication.

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

3. With whom did John McCloy and Robert Lovett serve as advisers to the Secretary of War, according to Isaacson?
(a) Robert Patterson and Harvey Bundy.
(b) McGeorge Bundy and Henry Stimson.
(c) Dean Acheson and Averell Harriman.
(d) George Marshall and Erskine Hawkins.

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

5. Under which president did Dean Acheson serve in the Attorney General's office?
(a) Calvin Coolidge.
(b) Harry Truman.
(c) Franklin Roosevelt.
(d) Herbert Hoover.

Short Answer Questions

1. With what investment house did Isaacson claim Averell Harriman merged W.A. Harriman & Co.?

2. How does Isaacson report that Averell Harriman's support for the successful presidential candidacy of Franklin Roosevelt was rewarded in 1932?

3. 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?

4. What does Isaacson suggest was a practical challenge that Truman faced when he began his presidency?

5. What does Isaacson report that Clark Clifford wrote in a campaign memo to use the Soviet Crisis to help President Truman's re-election campaign for 1948?

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