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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) Franklin Roosevelt.
(b) Herbert Hoover.
(c) Calvin Coolidge.
(d) Harry Truman.

2. What was the only concession the Japanese requested for its surrender to end WWII, according to Isaacson?
(a) That Japanese Americans kept in detention camps be allowed to repatriate with their homeland.
(b) That Russia not be allowed to occupy the island.
(c) That Japan could keep its emperor.
(d) That their American occupiers limit their personal interaction with Japanese citizens.

3. With whom does Isaacson report Harriman shared responsibility that came to him after the meeting between Roosevelt and Churchill?
(a) Lord Beaverbrook, Churchill's Minister of Supply.
(b) Admiral William Standley.
(c) Robert Lovett.
(d) John McCloy.

4. 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) Averell Harriman.
(c) Adlai Stevenson.
(d) John Foster Dulles.

5. What does Isaacson claim to be the goal of the "Wise Men"?
(a) To limit the spread of Soviet Communism.
(b) To expand the authority of the Federal Reserve Bank over the monetary policy.
(c) To scale government back to the limits of the Constitution.
(d) To rebuild Europe after WWII.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Isaacson claim the six men profiled in The Wise Men represent?

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?

3. How does Isaacson claim the Truman Administration learned of the Soviet Union's possession of nuclear weapons in September, 1949?

4. What does Isaacson report that Clark Clifford wrote in a campaign memo to use the Soviet Crisis to help President Truman's re-election campaign for 1948?

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

(see the answer key)

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