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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 8.

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

3. What event does Isaacson suggest brought calls to come out of its isolationism following WWI?
(a) Japanese Imperialism through the Far East.
(b) The Stalinist purges in Russia.
(c) The spread of Nazism across Europe.
(d) The rise of Italian Fascism.

4. With what investment house did Isaacson claim Averell Harriman merged W.A. Harriman & Co.?
(a) Brown Brothers & Company.
(b) Knight Wooley & Company.
(c) Lehman Brothers.
(d) Goldman Sachs.

5. What does Isaacson claim to be the purpose of the club that Bohlen joined?
(a) To serve as a place at which underclassmen could play rowdy poker games.
(b) To train underclassmen on their place on campus.
(c) It was a "final club" for members who would join no others after coming into it.
(d) It was called a "waiting" club where members waited to be asked to join a more prestigious club.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. With whom does Isaacson report Harriman shared responsibility that came to him after the meeting between Roosevelt and Churchill?

3. What position did the "Wise Man" who implemented the Lend Lease program eventually take in the Roosevelt administration?

4. How did John McCloy come into contact with Averell Harriman and Robert Lovett?

5. What does Isaacson claim to be Bohlen's view of Bolshevism?

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