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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 15.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Isaacson claim to be the most elite club at Yale?
(a) DKE.
(b) Scroll and Key.
(c) Skull and Bones.
(d) Ivy.

2. What concern does Isaacson claim motivated Under Secretary of State Dean Acheson to encourage America's financial support for Greece?
(a) That an economic collapse in Greece would expose the weakness of America's "dollar diplomacy."
(b) A possible takeover of Greece by communists as a result of a civil war.
(c) That an economic collapse in Greece would be widely seen as a failure of market systems.
(d) That an economic collapse in Greece would lead to a general economic collapse throughout Europe.

3. What agreement does Isaacson record Roosevelt and Churchill made during their initial meeting after America's entry into WWII?
(a) The Atlantic Charter.
(b) NATO.
(c) The Non Aggression Pact.
(d) Lend Lease.

4. For what purpose had Robert Lovett's father been grooming him and Averell Harriman since their graduation from college, according to Isaacson?
(a) To move into foreign service for the government.
(b) To help him run his investment banks.
(c) To help him run the Union Pacific railway empire.
(d) To become new masters of the emerging high finance sector of the economy.

5. Who was the State Department's Liaison with the White House during the transfer of power from Roosevelt to Truman?
(a) John McCloy.
(b) Charles Bohlen.
(c) Dean Acheson.
(d) George Kennan.

Short Answer Questions

1. What role did Frank Wisner play in Kennan's plans for confronting Soviet expansionism?

2. What was the focus of the agreement after the initial meeting between Roosevelt and Churchill, according to Isaacson?

3. How does Isaacson claim Joseph Stalin's temperament changed between Harriman's first and second meetings?

4. What does Isaacson report eventually came of the idea of a "Western Union" military alliance?

5. How did George Kennan contribute to Acheson's effort to win support for Greece and Turkey, according to Isaacson?

(see the answer key)

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