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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 9-10.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. After Roosevelt and Churchill made their agreement, what became the responsibility of Averell Harriman?
(a) To direct the shift in the balance of power between England and the United States.
(b) To travel to Moscow to offer aid to the government of the Soviet Union in their confrontation against Germany.
(c) To act as a strong man against Stalin's bluntness.
(d) To direct the formation of foreign policy from Washington.

3. According to Isaacson, what event took place between Harriman and the person with whom he was sharing responsibility that foreshadowed the role of the two countries they represented in their places in Western leadership?
(a) Harriman and John Lovett developed plans for deciding who would get Allied war support without input from Britain.
(b) Harriman and Beaverbrook had an animated clash during which Harriman insisted that England and the U.S. would determine jointly the distribution of war resources, rather than England alone.
(c) Harriman and John McCloy developed Allied policy positions without referring to the Soviets.
(d) Harriman had a confrontational argument with Leon Trotsky regarding financial aid.

4. Which president does Isaacson report Dean Acheson served as Assistant Secretary of State?
(a) Harry Truman.
(b) Dwight Eisenhower.
(c) John F. Kennedy.
(d) Franklin Roosevelt.

5. What does Isaacson claim to have been America's foreign policy following WWI?
(a) Non-interventionism.
(b) Isolationism.
(c) Nation building.
(d) Interventionism.

Short Answer Questions

1. What position did the "Wise Man" who implemented the Lend Lease program eventually take in the Roosevelt administration?

2. Which of the six "Wise Men" does Isaacson report Roosevelt's Secretary of War asked to work on German espionage?

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

4. Where does Isaacson claim Averell Harriman and Dean Acheson first met?

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

(see the answer key)

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