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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Isaacson claim to be the purpose of the club that Bohlen joined?
(a) It was called a "waiting" club where members waited to be asked to join a more prestigious club.
(b) To train underclassmen on their place on campus.
(c) It was a "final club" for members who would join no others after coming into it.
(d) To serve as a place at which underclassmen could play rowdy poker games.

2. What does Isaacson report to be the legacy of Harvard's President Charles Elliot after his 40 year tenure ended in 1909?
(a) "To allow each man to think and do as he pleases."
(b) "Our undisciplinables are our proudest product."
(c) "Living well is the best revenge."
(d) "Heresy has always been a Harvard institution."

3. Who was the Republican upon whom the Truman Administration focused to win support for the Marshall Plan, according to Isaacson?
(a) Congressman Richard Nixon of California.
(b) Senator Arthur Vandenberg of Michigan.
(c) Republican House Leader, Charles Halleck.
(d) Congressman Joseph McCarthy of Minnesota.

4. What does Isaacson report to be the differences between the negotiating styles of Roosevelt and Truman?
(a) Roosevelt eschewed advice, but Truman ruled by consensus.
(b) Roosevelt was high strung, but Truman was contemplative.
(c) Roosevelt was indifferent, but Truman was sensitive.
(d) Roosevelt could be manipulative and conniving with people and public opinion, but Truman was forthright to the point of bluntness.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What exclusive club did Chip Bohlen join at Harvard according to Isaacson?

2. When had Dean Acheson worked with Secretary of State George Marshall, prior to Marshall's appointment to the State Department, according to Isaacson?

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

4. With whom did John McCloy and Robert Lovett serve as advisers to the Secretary of War, according to Isaacson?

5. Which of the "Wise Men" does Isaacson report to have served in active service during WWI?

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