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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 13-14.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When did Averell Harriman join the most elite club at Yale according to Isaacson?
(a) 1911.
(b) 1914.
(c) 1917.
(d) 1912.

2. What was one of the first challenges facing the Truman Administration in dealing with the Soviet Union after WWII, according to Isaacson?
(a) Dealing with Soviet front groups in the United States.
(b) Slowing the influence of Soviet communism over the Maoist movement in China.
(c) Trying to prevent the Soviet Union from taking German industrial equipment and charging reparations against Germany.
(d) Blocking the Soviet Union from attempting to set terms of peace with Japan.

3. How does Isaacson claim Bohlen distinguished himself in the service of his first assignment?
(a) He impressed his superiors with his diligent interest in Russia and its language.
(b) He impressed members of the Roosevelt Administration with his insights into economics and industry.
(c) He impressed the investors of W.A. Harriman with his knack for choosing growing companies in which to invest.
(d) He left a strong impression with his writing ability.

4. What does Isaacson claim to be Harriman's first crusade in his role with the Roosevelt Administration?
(a) To encourage the government to help increase the nation's rail freight capabilities.
(b) To make rail transportation the exclusive means of transporting military equipment within the U.S. borders.
(c) To gain federal funding for expanded rail road construction.
(d) To encourage the Fed to make low interest loans to investment banks.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Isaacson report that Clark Clifford understood the rivalry between the U.S. and the Soviet Union had to be framed to make the general public support confronting the Communists?

2. What does Isaacson report to be the legacy of Harvard's President Charles Elliot after his 40 year tenure ended in 1909?

3. Who encouraged the United States to rearm and come out of what Isaacson claims to be a period of isolationism following WWI?

4. Isaacson reports which "Wise Man" worked to implement Franklin Roosevelt's Lend Lease program?

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

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