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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 was the organization that eventually replaced the Office of Strategic Services, according to Isaacson?
(a) The Federal Bureau of Investigation.
(b) The Central Intelligence Agency.
(c) The Office of Homeland Security.
(d) The Secret Service.

2. What decision did Secretary of State Edward Stettinius make that Isaacson claimed frustrated Harriman?
(a) Stettinius ordered Harriman to stay in Russia during the aftermath of Roosevelt's death.
(b) Stettinius ordered Harriman's replacement as Ambassador to Russia.
(c) Stettinius began the process of cutting Russia out of any post-war decsions.
(d) Stettinius began direct negotiations with Stalin.

3. With whom did John McCloy and Robert Lovett serve as advisers to the Secretary of War, according to Isaacson?
(a) Robert Patterson and Harvey Bundy.
(b) George Marshall and Erskine Hawkins.
(c) McGeorge Bundy and Henry Stimson.
(d) Dean Acheson and Averell Harriman.

4. What does Isaacson record came of Kennan's concern regarding confronting Soviet Communism?
(a) It was shelved by higher members of the Truman Administration but acted upon by the Eisenhower Administration.
(b) An "office of special projects" was started in the CIA.
(c) It was taken by the House UnAmerican Activities committee to guide its efforts to prosecute communist activities throughout the country.
(d) It became the foundation for using American embassies as the hub of spying activities against foreign subversives.

5. What political movement did Bohlen defend to his classmates?
(a) Corporate fascism.
(b) Russia's Bolshevik Revolution.
(c) Cobdenite free traders.
(d) Labor Unionists.

Short Answer Questions

1. What exclusive club did Chip Bohlen join at Harvard according to Isaacson?

2. How does Isaacson claim President Truman planned to fight for support for the Marshall Plan in Congress?

3. What were the three questions President Truman wrote regarding America's confrontation with Soviet aggression?

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

5. Who did President Eisenhower choose for his Ambassador to Russia, according to Isaacson?

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