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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 position did the "Wise Man" who implemented the Lend Lease program eventually take in the Roosevelt administration?
(a) Secretary of Commerce.
(b) Assistant Secretary of State for Economic Affairs.
(c) Assistant Secretary of War.
(d) Under Secretary of State.

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

3. Who encouraged the United States to rearm and come out of what Isaacson claims to be a period of isolationism following WWI?
(a) Averell Harriman.
(b) John McCloy.
(c) Dean Acheson.
(d) Henry Stimson.

4. What exclusive club did Chip Bohlen join at Harvard according to Isaacson?
(a) Sphinx-Kalumet Club.
(b) The Porcellian.
(c) Skull and Bones.
(d) The Harvard Lampoon.

5. What was Bohlen's first assignment after he completed training in his field, according to Issacson?
(a) He was assigned Under Secretary of the National Recovery Administration.
(b) He was made partner with W.A. Harriman & Co.
(c) He was posted in Prague.
(d) He was given a seat on the board of directors of the Union Pacific Railway.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Isaacson claim to be Bohlen's view of Bolshevism?

3. What two post-secondary schools does Isaacson report George Kennan attended?

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

5. What does Isaacson suggest to be one of the largest factors in America's rise to prominence after WWII?

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