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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 did President Eisenhower choose for his Ambassador to Russia, according to Isaacson?
(a) George Kennan.
(b) Chip Bohlen.
(c) Dean Acheson.
(d) Averell Harriman.

2. What does Isaacson claim to be Bohlen's view of Bolshevism?
(a) He was fascinated by the tenants of Soviet Communism.
(b) He saw Bolshevism to be a threat to liberal progressivism in Western nations.
(c) He was nonjudgemental and unreflective about Bolshevism.
(d) He reviled in the violent destruction Bolsheviks were willing to employ to hold onto power.

3. What does Isaacson report to be a weakness Bohlen exhibited in the execution of his profession?
(a) His social proclivities caused embarrasments for other Administration officials.
(b) His poor manners offended the keepers of protocol.
(c) He was often too risky with investor's funds.
(d) His penmanship was poor and he never learned to type.

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

5. Who does Isaacson record to be the first Democrat candidate for president in 1952 after President Truman announced he would not seek re-election?
(a) Averell Harriman.
(b) John Foster Dulles.
(c) Adlai Stevenson.
(d) Dwight D. Eisenhower.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Isaacson report to have offered proposals that the United States develop an intelligence-gathering system?

2. What was the organization that eventually replaced the Office of Strategic Services, according to Isaacson?

3. How did George Kennan develop his connection to Russia according to Isaacson?

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

5. What does Isaacson claim to be the the Soviet's view of keeping security?

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