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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 does Isaacson suggest to be the result of George Kennan's "Long Telegram"?
(a) It formulated the containment theory which was embraced by Washington.
(b) It caused his old friend, Dean Acheson to advise him to discuss his ideas with him before he put things on paper.
(c) It made Kennan persona non grata to his superiors within the State Department.
(d) It caused a harmful foreign policy debate within the Truman Administration that led to international paralysis.

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

3. Who convinced one of the "Wise Men" to stop doing business with the Russian communists, according to Isaacson?
(a) Calvin Coolidge.
(b) Winston Churchill.
(c) Charles DeGaul.
(d) Franklin Roosevelt.

4. What does Isaacson claim to be Harriman's first crusade in his role with the Roosevelt Administration?
(a) To encourage the government to help increase the nation's rail freight capabilities.
(b) To encourage the Fed to make low interest loans to investment banks.
(c) To make rail transportation the exclusive means of transporting military equipment within the U.S. borders.
(d) To gain federal funding for expanded rail road construction.

5. Where does Isaacson claim George Kennan served the government in lieu of paying the expenses of attending law school?
(a) The Supreme Court.
(b) The State Department.
(c) The War Department.
(d) The Foreign Service.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Isaacson claim MacArthur's plans were blocked?

2. What does Isaacson claim to be the purpose of the club that Bohlen joined?

3. What does Isaacson claim the Secretary of War called Lovett and McCloy?

4. What does Isaacson claim that Averell Harriman and his Wall Street contemporaries believed to be the best guarantee for American security?

5. Which of the "Wise Men" does Isaacson report to have served in active service during WWI?

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