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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 does Isaacson claim Chip Bohlen became an important American diplomat in Russia?
(a) He fully understood the demands of protocol and effectively avoided turmoil with his Russian hosts.
(b) He was skillful in winning the trust of Russians who were desirous of escaping Soviet Communism and helped them escape to freedom.
(c) He could talk Russian like a native and had the ability to express blunt opinions with a disarming smile.
(d) He understood the priniples of communist dialectics and was able to navigate various negotiations with communist officials.

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who wrote the top-secret "recommendations for the use of nuclear weapons"?

2. 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?

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

4. Which of the six "Wise Men" does Isaacson report Roosevelt's Secretary of War asked to work on German espionage?

5. What event early in WWII does Isaacson quote John McCloy as calling, "...regrettable in the clear light of perfect hindsight"?

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