View a FREE sample

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 George Kennan's biggest concern regarding Soviet Communism?
(a) Subversion, not invasion.
(b) Populist indignation at elites.
(c) The appeal to the working class being taxed to support international efforts.
(d) Its ability to adjust and change its public approaches based upon efforts to contain it.

2. What were the three questions President Truman wrote regarding America's confrontation with Soviet aggression?
(a) "Can the communists really support such a spread of empire? Does communism have any real chance of surviving in our system? How much is this going to cost the government?"
(b) "Can we afford to confront the Soviets? Will the voters support us? Can the country survive more wars?"
(c) "What is our move when Russia moves? Should we move first? Who pulls the trigger?"
(d) "Will Russia move first? Who pulls the trigger? Then where do we go?"

3. How does Isaacson claim Joseph Stalin's temperament changed between Harriman's first and second meetings?
(a) In the first meeting Stalin was panicked and demanding, but in the second meeting Stalin was calm and reasonable.
(b) In the first meeting Stalin was candid and friendly, but in the second meeting he was confrontational, accusing and paranoid.
(c) In the first meeting Stalin was scheming and evasive, in the second meeting he was congenial and open.
(d) In the first meeting Stalin was aloof and disinterested, in the second meeting he was eager and cooperative.

4. What does Isaacson report to be the legacy of Harvard's President Charles Elliot after his 40 year tenure ended in 1909?
(a) "To allow each man to think and do as he pleases."
(b) "Heresy has always been a Harvard institution."
(c) "Living well is the best revenge."
(d) "Our undisciplinables are our proudest product."

5. How did communist cells throughout Europe respond to the Marshall Plan?
(a) They posed as businesses that received funds that were then put into programs to promote communism.
(b) They would attempt to disrupt governments and try to bring them down.
(c) They started programs of social support for European laborers to win political support for their agendas.
(d) They began a program of counterfeiting currencies to cause an inflationary cycle.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Isaacson report to be the entry in the Enola Gay log book by co-pilot Robert Lewis after the explosion of the atomic bomb over Hiroshima?

3. Under whom does Isaacson report Kennan studied for his chosen field?

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

5. When did Averell Harriman join the most elite club at Yale according to Isaacson?

(see the answer key)

This section contains 554 words (approx. 2 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample