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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What Assistant Secretary of War does Isaacson cite as fearing American isolationism after WWII?
(a) Robert Lovett.
(b) Dean Acheson.
(c) John McCloy.
(d) Averell Harriman.

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

4. Where does Isaacson claim George Kennan served the government in lieu of paying the expenses of attending law school?
(a) The State Department.
(b) The War Department.
(c) The Supreme Court.
(d) The Foreign Service.

5. What State Department official does Isaacson report to have been determined to bring the United States into a "Western Union" military alliance?
(a) Theodore Achilles.
(b) Robert Lovett.
(c) Donald Maclean.
(d) John Hickerson.

Short Answer Questions

1. What scientist suggested the United States should respond to the Soviet Union's possession of the A-bomb by producing more powerful bombs?

2. 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?

3. What was the organization that eventually replaced the Office of Strategic Services, according to Isaacson?

4. What quality of Truman's does Isaacson claim was welcomed by the liaison between the State Department and the White House ?

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

(see the answer key)

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