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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who was the State Department's Liaison with the White House during the transfer of power from Roosevelt to Truman?
(a) Charles Bohlen.
(b) John McCloy.
(c) Dean Acheson.
(d) George Kennan.

2. 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 Richard Nixon of California.
(d) Congressman Joseph McCarthy of Minnesota.

3. Who does Isaacson report to have committed the U.S. to active ground war in Korea?
(a) The U.S. Congress.
(b) President Truman.
(c) General Douglas MacArthur.
(d) Dean Acheson.

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

5. What does Isaacson claim to have been America's foreign policy following WWI?
(a) Interventionism.
(b) Isolationism.
(c) Non-interventionism.
(d) Nation building.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. According to Isaacson, what event took place between Harriman and the person with whom he was sharing responsibility that foreshadowed the role of the two countries they represented in their places in Western leadership?

3. How does Isaacson claim the Truman Administration learned of the Soviet Union's possession of nuclear weapons in September, 1949?

4. What did Isaacson claim to be Kennan's strong areas in his training?

5. Where did John McCloy attend College according to Isaacson?

(see the answer key)

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