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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What does Isaacson report Vice President Harry Truman was doing when news of President Roosevelt's death was first leaked?
(a) Truman was in the Vice President's office adjacent to the Senate floor preparing to go home for the evening.
(b) Truman was in Sam Rayburn's hideaway in the Capitol Building playing cards.
(c) Truman was having dinner with his family as was his custom at that time of the day.
(d) Truman was in a foreign policy briefing with the Council of Foreign Relations.

3. What quality made Lovett and McCloy influential insiders, according to Isaacson?
(a) The informal social networks they had formed.
(b) Their intimate friendships with President Franklin Roosevelt.
(c) Their efficient methods of researching and writing reports.
(d) Their overseas experiences with world leaders.

4. What political movement did Bohlen defend to his classmates?
(a) Labor Unionists.
(b) Russia's Bolshevik Revolution.
(c) Cobdenite free traders.
(d) Corporate fascism.

5. Where does Isaacson claim Averell Harriman was when the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941?
(a) He was having a picnic with his wife at his Maryland farm.
(b) He was at his desk in the War Department.
(c) He was visiting Winston Churchill in his country home in Chequers.
(d) He was in a movie house wathcing Ninotchka.

Short Answer Questions

1. Under whom does Isaacson report Kennan studied for his chosen field?

2. What was Bohlen's first assignment after he completed training in his field, according to Issacson?

3. With what country did Bohlen become fascinated during late-night discussions at Harvard?

4. What is the reason Isaacson suggests that John McCLoy's mother encouraged him to tutor children of her wealthy clients during summers away from school?

5. Where does Isaacson claim George Kennan served the government in lieu of paying the expenses of attending law school?

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