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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 20-21.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Under which president did Dean Acheson serve in the Attorney General's office?
(a) Calvin Coolidge.
(b) Franklin Roosevelt.
(c) Harry Truman.
(d) Herbert Hoover.

2. What does Isaacson suggest to be one of the largest factors in America's rise to prominence after WWII?
(a) America's size and population relative to most other countries.
(b) America's ability to be self-sufficient.
(c) America's ability to convert consumer production to war production.
(d) Britain's inability to support its empire.

3. Who does Isaacson record to be the first Democrat candidate for president in 1952 after President Truman announced he would not seek re-election?
(a) Dwight D. Eisenhower.
(b) John Foster Dulles.
(c) Adlai Stevenson.
(d) Averell Harriman.

4. What does Isaacson suggest to be the result of George Kennan's "Long Telegram"?
(a) It formulated the containment theory which was embraced by Washington.
(b) It caused a harmful foreign policy debate within the Truman Administration that led to international paralysis.
(c) It caused his old friend, Dean Acheson to advise him to discuss his ideas with him before he put things on paper.
(d) It made Kennan persona non grata to his superiors within the State Department.

5. What role did Frank Wisner play in Kennan's plans for confronting Soviet expansionism?
(a) He became a policy director for the Truman Administration in its effort to discover communist subversion activities.
(b) He became the congressional liaison for the Truman Administration informing it of Congress' mood for the international activities to contain communism.
(c) He became a European mediator between activists and their targets.
(d) He ran the "Department of Dirty Tricks" within the CIA.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who was asked to approach President-Elect Kennedy's choice for Secretary of State to offer him the position, according to Isaacson?

2. Isaacson reports that Averell Harriman took what position in the Roosevelt Administration?

3. How does Isaacson claim Bohlen distinguished himself in the service of his first assignment?

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

5. Isaacson reports which "Wise Man" worked to implement Franklin Roosevelt's Lend Lease program?

(see the answer key)

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