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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 6-7.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What event does Isaacson suggest brought calls to come out of its isolationism following WWI?
(a) The Stalinist purges in Russia.
(b) Japanese Imperialism through the Far East.
(c) The spread of Nazism across Europe.
(d) The rise of Italian Fascism.

2. Isaacson reports that Averell Harriman took what position in the Roosevelt Administration?
(a) Railroad advisor to the Department of Commerce.
(b) Assistant director to the Federal Reserve.
(c) Assistant Secretary of War.
(d) Transportation adviser for the new National Defense Advisory Commission.

3. What does Isaacson claim to be the most elite club at Yale?
(a) DKE.
(b) Ivy.
(c) Skull and Bones.
(d) Scroll and Key.

4. How did George Kennan develop his connection to Russia according to Isaacson?
(a) By working with Russian ambassadors to Germany.
(b) By studying Russian in Paris.
(c) By studying under Russian professors who were experts in the Czarist era.
(d) By reading War and Peace.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the "Wise Men" does Isaacson report to have negotiated trade deals with leaders of the communist government in Russia in 1922?

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

3. With what country did Bohlen become fascinated during late-night discussions at Harvard?

4. In what town does Isaacson claim that George Kennan was born?

5. With what investment house did Isaacson claim Averell Harriman merged W.A. Harriman & Co.?

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