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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 does Isaacson claim to be the purpose of the club that Bohlen joined?
(a) It was a "final club" for members who would join no others after coming into it.
(b) To train underclassmen on their place on campus.
(c) It was called a "waiting" club where members waited to be asked to join a more prestigious club.
(d) To serve as a place at which underclassmen could play rowdy poker games.

2. What was the ratio of students who passed the training for Kennan's chosen field to those who took the course, according to Isaacson?
(a) 110:16.
(b) 110:160.
(c) 1:11.
(d) 16:110.

3. What event early in WWII does Isaacson quote John McCloy as calling, "...regrettable in the clear light of perfect hindsight"?
(a) Becoming an ally with the Soviet Union.
(b) Naming Douglas MacArthur as Supreme Allied Commander in the Pacific.
(c) Roosevelt's decision to prioritize the war in Europe rather than the Pacific.
(d) The relocation of citizens of Japanese ancestry living on the West Coast.

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

5. What does Isaacson claim to have been America's foreign policy following WWI?
(a) Non-interventionism.
(b) Nation building.
(c) Isolationism.
(d) Interventionism.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did Chip Bohlen grow up, according to Isaacson?

2. Which president does Isaacson report Dean Acheson served as Assistant Secretary of State?

3. What position did the "Wise Man" who implemented the Lend Lease program eventually take in the Roosevelt administration?

4. What Assistant Secretary of War does Isaacson cite as fearing American isolationism after WWII?

5. What does Isaacson claim to the Lovett's and Harriman's most important innovation to the industry for which they were prepared by Judge Lovett?

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