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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. After Dwight D. Eisenhower was elected president in 1952, who does Isaacson state became Secretary of State?
(a) Adlai Stevenson.
(b) Averell Harriman.
(c) John Foster Dulles.
(d) Richard Nixon.

2. How does Isaacson claim Joseph Stalin's temperament changed between Harriman's first and second meetings?
(a) In the first meeting Stalin was aloof and disinterested, in the second meeting he was eager and cooperative.
(b) In the first meeting Stalin was candid and friendly, but in the second meeting he was confrontational, accusing and paranoid.
(c) In the first meeting Stalin was panicked and demanding, but in the second meeting Stalin was calm and reasonable.
(d) In the first meeting Stalin was scheming and evasive, in the second meeting he was congenial and open.

3. What does Isaacson suggest to be the result of George Kennan's "Long Telegram"?
(a) It caused a harmful foreign policy debate within the Truman Administration that led to international paralysis.
(b) It formulated the containment theory which was embraced by Washington.
(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.

4. Which of the "Wise Men" does Isaacson report to have served in active service during WWI?
(a) Averell Harriman, George Kennan, and Dean Acheson.
(b) John McCloy and Robert Lovett.
(c) Chip Bohlen.
(d) Robert Lovett.

5. What office did President-Elect Kennedy offer to the first of the "Six Wise Men" whose counsel he sought?
(a) Chief of Staff.
(b) Ambassador to Russia.
(c) Secretary of State.
(d) Ambassador to NATO.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did John McCloy attend College according to Isaacson?

2. How did the U.S. Government consider North Korea's invasion of South Korea, according to Isaacson?

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

4. Which two of the "Six Wise Men" does Isaacson report were called to brief the Kennedy Administration on the two crises that faced them?

5. What was a personal factor that made the "Six Wise Men" unpopular to the general public, according to Isaacson?

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