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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 the Secretary of War called Lovett and McCloy?
(a) "Two of a kind."
(b) "The Heavenly Twins."
(c) "The Minnesota Twins."
(d) "The Dynamic Duo."

2. Who wrote the top-secret "recommendations for the use of nuclear weapons"?
(a) J. Robert Oppenheimer.
(b) Douglas MacArthur.
(c) Harry Truman.
(d) Colonel Paul Tibbets.

3. How did Isaacson claim Acheson described the division of the world between the United States and the Soviet Union during the crisis facing Greece and Turkey?
(a) "...an unbridgeable ideological chasm."
(b) "...a struggle between totalitarianism and democracy."
(c) "...a test of free will against coercion."
(d) "...a contest between freedom and slavery."

4. Which of the "Wise Men" does Isaacson report to have served in active service during WWI?
(a) Chip Bohlen.
(b) John McCloy and Robert Lovett.
(c) Robert Lovett.
(d) Averell Harriman, George Kennan, and Dean Acheson.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Isaacson claim to be Kennan's strong areas in his training?

2. What does Isaacson report to be a weakness Bohlen exhibited in the execution of his profession?

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

4. What does Isaacson define as the main political challenge to the Truman Administration encouraging Congress to support financial aid to Greece and Turkey?

5. What quality made Lovett and McCloy influential insiders, according to Isaacson?

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