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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. With what investment house did Isaacson claim Averell Harriman merged W.A. Harriman & Co.?
(a) Brown Brothers & Company.
(b) Lehman Brothers.
(c) Knight Wooley & Company.
(d) Goldman Sachs.

2. Where did Chip Bohlen grow up, according to Isaacson?
(a) Paris.
(b) Grindstone Island, New York.
(c) Aiken, South Carolina.
(d) New York City.

3. Who does Isaacson report chose Kennan and Bohlen for service in the American Embassy in Moscow?
(a) The American Ambassador to Russia, William Bullitt.
(b) President Franklin Roosevelt.
(c) Secretary of State Elihu Root.
(d) Secretary of War Henry Lewis Stimson.

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

5. To whom did President Kennedy look in an attempt to peacefully settle the conflicts in Laos?
(a) Dean Acheson.
(b) Averell Harriman.
(c) Robert Lovett.
(d) George Kennan.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Isaacson claim to be Kennan's strong areas in his training?

2. What decision did Secretary of State Edward Stettinius make that Isaacson claimed frustrated Harriman?

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

4. What was the only concession the Japanese requested for its surrender to end WWII, according to Isaacson?

5. Who encouraged the United States to rearm and come out of what Isaacson claims to be a period of isolationism following WWI?

(see the answer key)

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