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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who does Isaacson report that President Johnson wanted to serve as Ambassador to Vietnam in 1964?
(a) Dean Rusk.
(b) McGeorge Bundy
(c) George Ball.
(d) John McCloy.

2. When and where was the first atomic bomb used on Japan?
(a) August 6, 1945 on Hiroshima.
(b) August 7, 1945 on Hiroshima.
(c) August 7, 1945 on Nagasaki.
(d) August 6, 1945 on Tokyo.

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

4. What event does Isaacson claim caused tension between the U.S., Britain, and their Soviet Allies?
(a) Harriman discovered his private quarters had been bugged by Stalin.
(b) The discovery of a mass grave of 10,000 Polish officers who had been summarily executed by the Red Army after the Nazi-Soviet Non Aggression Pact of 1939.
(c) Roosevelt discovered that Stalin had placed spies throughout his administration.
(d) Harriman discovered that Stalin was conducting back channel negotiations with Hitler.

5. What approach did Wall Street favor regarding the future of Germany's industrial base during plans for the post-war era, according to Isaacson?
(a) Wall Street favored Soviet usurpation of German manufacturing equipment so American manufacturers would have a market advantage in Europe.
(b) Wall Street favored putting German companies under the control of American Corporations to expand markets around the world.
(c) Wall Street favored reviving Germany because of the business opportunities.
(d) Wall Street favored placing German corporations under the control of the American government to reduce the possibility of competition from vigorous foreign markets.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Isaacson cite as the difference between Kennan's and Chip Bohlen's approach to preparing for their chosen field?

2. Who does Isaacson report to be the last of the "Six Wise Men" whom President-Elect Kennedy called before he made his choice for Secretary of State?

3. What does Isaacson cite as "...perhaps the most dramatic and significant (conversion) of any postwar American statesman"?

4. Which of the "Wise Men's" father does Isaacson claim worked for E.H. Harriman with Union Pacific Rail Road?

5. What does Isaacson report that members of the Truman Administration suggested caused the political opposition to the Truman Doctrine to confront Soviet Communism wherever it was asserted?

(see the answer key)

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