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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 18-19.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Who coined the term "Iron Curtain" in a cable to President Truman?
(a) Winston Churchill.
(b) John McCloy.
(c) Henry Stimson.
(d) George Kennan.

3. Which of the "Wise Men" does Isaacson report to have served in active service during WWI?
(a) John McCloy and Robert Lovett.
(b) Chip Bohlen.
(c) Robert Lovett.
(d) Averell Harriman, George Kennan, and Dean Acheson.

4. Where does Isaacson claim Averell Harriman and Dean Acheson first met?
(a) In Paris.
(b) At Groton Prep School.
(c) In New York City.
(d) In Russia during WWII.

5. What does Isaacson suggest was a practical challenge that Truman faced when he began his presidency?
(a) Truman was replacing Roosevelt who had become identifiable with the presidency.
(b) He was not well versed in foreign policy.
(c) Truman, as vice president, had not been part of any post-war planning meetings nor had he been given any military secrets, such as the existence of the atomic bomb.
(d) Some people were not aware that he was the Vice President.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Isaacson report to be a weakness Bohlen exhibited in the execution of his profession?

2. Isaacson reports which "Wise Man" worked to implement Franklin Roosevelt's Lend Lease program?

3. Who does Isaacson report to have been the vice president the W. A. Harriman investment firm?

4. What does Isaacson report to have been the reaction to communist tactics against the Marshall Plan?

5. What does Isaacson report Vice President Harry Truman was doing when news of President Roosevelt's death was first leaked?

(see the answer key)

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