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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which of the six "Wise Men" does Isaacson report Roosevelt's Secretary of War asked to work on German espionage?
(a) Chip Bohlen.
(b) Averell Harriman.
(c) Robert Lovett.
(d) John McCloy.

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?
(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."

3. How does Isaacson report that Clark Clifford understood the rivalry between the U.S. and the Soviet Union had to be framed to make the general public support confronting the Communists?
(a) Clifford understood the rivalry had, "...to be framed as a contest between the forces of darkness and light."
(b) Clifford understood the rivalry had, "...to be framed as fearfully as possible to cajole the general public to put unquestioning support for the wisdom of its government."
(c) Clifford understood the rivalry had, "...to be framed as a potential threat to the freedom and security of every individual in the country."
(d) Clifford understood the rivalry had, "...to be framed as a personal cause of free American talent overcoming international slavery."

4. What decision did Secretary of State Edward Stettinius make that Isaacson claimed frustrated Harriman?
(a) Stettinius began direct negotiations with Stalin.
(b) Stettinius ordered Harriman to stay in Russia during the aftermath of Roosevelt's death.
(c) Stettinius began the process of cutting Russia out of any post-war decsions.
(d) Stettinius ordered Harriman's replacement as Ambassador to Russia.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Isaacson claim to be the purpose of the club that Bohlen joined?

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

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

5. What decision did Harriman influence Stalin to make, according to Isaacson, to get around the decision of Secretary Stettinius?

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