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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Isaacson claim to be the the Soviet's view of keeping security?
(a) The Soviets viewed security in terms of seeing everyone as a potential threat.
(b) The Soviets viewed security in terms of dominating and occupying as much territory as possible.
(c) The Soviets saw massive military buildups as the primary method of achieving security.
(d) The Soviets saw security as the primary goal of all of its imperial efforts.

2. After Roosevelt and Churchill made their agreement, what became the responsibility of Averell Harriman?
(a) To travel to Moscow to offer aid to the government of the Soviet Union in their confrontation against Germany.
(b) To direct the shift in the balance of power between England and the United States.
(c) To direct the formation of foreign policy from Washington.
(d) To act as a strong man against Stalin's bluntness.

3. What does Isaacson claim to have been the primary purpose of the telegram to President Truman with the warning of Soviet aggression?
(a) To assist military chiefs in Congressional testimony.
(b) To give support for more military spending in the battle to confront communism.
(c) To support a greater role for military actions against communist aggression.
(d) To become the basis for a propaganda campaign that helped to condense power within the foreign policy elite.

4. How does Isaacson claim Joseph Stalin's temperament changed between Harriman's first and second meetings?
(a) In the first meeting Stalin was scheming and evasive, in the second meeting he was congenial and open.
(b) In the first meeting Stalin was aloof and disinterested, in the second meeting he was eager and cooperative.
(c) In the first meeting Stalin was candid and friendly, but in the second meeting he was confrontational, accusing and paranoid.
(d) In the first meeting Stalin was panicked and demanding, but in the second meeting Stalin was calm and reasonable.

5. What does Isaacson claim to be the most elite club at Yale?
(a) DKE.
(b) Scroll and Key.
(c) Skull and Bones.
(d) Ivy.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Isaacson report to be the differences between the negotiating styles of Roosevelt and Truman?

2. Why does Isaacson claim MacArthur's plans were blocked?

3. What occupied John McCloy during the 1970's, according to Isaacson?

4. Who does Isaacson report to be the first of the "Six Wise Men" whom Kennedy sought out for advice after his election to the presidency in 1960?

5. Who does Isaacson claim that Dean Acheson, Robert Lovett, and John McCloy suggested for President-Elect Kennedy's Secretary of State?

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