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

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

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

4. What does Isaacson claim that Averell Harriman and his Wall Street contemporaries believed to be the best guarantee for American security?
(a) Providing financial support to allies that were targets for Soviet expansionism.
(b) The establishment of democratic and representative governments everywhere.
(c) Increased defense spending to force the Soviet Union to enter an unsustainable arms race.
(d) Withdrawing from international affairs and focusing on building up American markets.

5. How did George Kennan develop his connection to Russia according to Isaacson?
(a) By reading War and Peace.
(b) By working with Russian ambassadors to Germany.
(c) By studying Russian in Paris.
(d) By studying under Russian professors who were experts in the Czarist era.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Isaacson claim Bohlen distinguished himself in the service of his first assignment?

2. Who does Isaacson report chose Kennan and Bohlen for service in the American Embassy in Moscow?

3. What does Isaacson record that Mao claimed to be the source of Chinese soldiers in North Korean combat units?

4. What was the major contributing factor to causing the fate of the "Six Wise Men" after the election of Eisenhower?

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

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