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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why was General MacArthur fired according to Isaacson?
(a) MacArthur made statements criticizing China's strength and suggesting Chiang Kai-shek could open a second front against China with an invasion on the mainland.
(b) Because MacArthur's belligerence had become a threat to world peace.
(c) Because MacArthur's popularity within the U.S. was a threat to the Administration's efforts to control the direction of the war in Korea.
(d) Because MacArthur was seen as unable to lead with the changes in technology and the enemy at hand.

2. Why did President Eisenhower relieve Bob Lovett from the Defense Department, according to Isaacson?
(a) Because Lovett was found leaking policy decisions to his Democrat friends outside the administration.
(b) Because Lovett was considered untrustworthy based upon his relationship with Alger Hiss.
(c) Because the Eisenhower Administration planned to cut spending on conventional forces and rely totally on nuclear weapons for defense.
(d) Because Lovett was a Democrat and Republicans demanded party loyalty while they had control of Congress.

3. What does Isaacson record that Mao claimed to be the source of Chinese soldiers in North Korean combat units?
(a) Mao claimed that they were Russians equipped by China.
(b) Mao claimed they were Chinese volunteers who were protecting Chinese hydroelectric plants along the Yalu River.
(c) Mao claimed that China was not involved, that there were no Chinese soldiers in Korea.
(d) Mao claimed that they were communist sympathizers from throughout Asia seeking to ignite the international revolution.

4. What does Isaacson suggest to be the result of George Kennan's "Long Telegram"?
(a) It caused a harmful foreign policy debate within the Truman Administration that led to international paralysis.
(b) It made Kennan persona non grata to his superiors within the State Department.
(c) It caused his old friend, Dean Acheson to advise him to discuss his ideas with him before he put things on paper.
(d) It formulated the containment theory which was embraced by Washington.

5. What was the only concession the Japanese requested for its surrender to end WWII, according to Isaacson?
(a) That their American occupiers limit their personal interaction with Japanese citizens.
(b) That Russia not be allowed to occupy the island.
(c) That Japan could keep its emperor.
(d) That Japanese Americans kept in detention camps be allowed to repatriate with their homeland.

Short Answer Questions

1. When and where was the first atomic bomb used on Japan?

2. What was a personal factor that made the "Six Wise Men" unpopular to the general public, according to Isaacson?

3. How does Isaacson claim Chip Bohlen became an important American diplomat in Russia?

4. What was the ratio of students who passed the training for Kennan's chosen field to those who took the course, according to Isaacson?

5. What does Isaacson report to be the entry in the Enola Gay log book by co-pilot Robert Lewis after the explosion of the atomic bomb over Hiroshima?

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