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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 8.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What event does Isaacson claim caused tension between the U.S., Britain, and their Soviet Allies?
(a) Harriman discovered that Stalin was conducting back channel negotiations with Hitler.
(b) Harriman discovered his private quarters had been bugged by Stalin.
(c) The discovery of a mass grave of 10,000 Polish officers who had been summarily executed by the Red Army after the Nazi-Soviet Non Aggression Pact of 1939.
(d) Roosevelt discovered that Stalin had placed spies throughout his administration.

2. What exclusive club did Chip Bohlen join at Harvard according to Isaacson?
(a) The Harvard Lampoon.
(b) The Porcellian.
(c) Sphinx-Kalumet Club.
(d) Skull and Bones.

3. Under whom does Isaacson report Kennan studied for his chosen field?
(a) Joseph Grew.
(b) Alexander Kirk.
(c) William Castle.
(d) Angus Crawford.

4. According to Isaacson, who was the President of the United States who thought Russia could be an ally after WWII?
(a) Adalai Stevenson.
(b) Franklin Roosevelt.
(c) Harry Truman.
(d) Dwight Eisenhower.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What was Bohlen's first assignment after he completed training in his field, according to Issacson?

2. Under what circumstances did Robert Lovett claim to Isaacson that he met the Harriman Family?

3. What approach did Wall Street favor regarding the future of Germany's industrial base during plans for the post-war era, according to Isaacson?

4. What political movement did Bohlen defend to his classmates?

5. In what town does Isaacson claim that George Kennan was born?

(see the answer key)

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