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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 event does Isaacson claim caused tension between the U.S., Britain, and their Soviet Allies?
(a) Roosevelt discovered that Stalin had placed spies throughout his administration.
(b) Harriman discovered his private quarters had been bugged by Stalin.
(c) The discovery of a mass grave of 10,000 Polish officers who had been summarily executed by the Red Army after the Nazi-Soviet Non Aggression Pact of 1939.
(d) Harriman discovered that Stalin was conducting back channel negotiations with Hitler.

2. 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.

3. With whom does Isaacson report Harriman shared responsibility that came to him after the meeting between Roosevelt and Churchill?
(a) Robert Lovett.
(b) John McCloy.
(c) Lord Beaverbrook, Churchill's Minister of Supply.
(d) Admiral William Standley.

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

5. What does Isaacson claim to be the goal of the "Wise Men"?
(a) To expand the authority of the Federal Reserve Bank over the monetary policy.
(b) To limit the spread of Soviet Communism.
(c) To rebuild Europe after WWII.
(d) To scale government back to the limits of the Constitution.

Short Answer Questions

1. In what town does Isaacson claim that George Kennan was born?

2. What was a personal factor that made the "Six Wise Men" unpopular to the general public, according to Isaacson?

3. What does Isaacson suggest to be the result of George Kennan's "Long Telegram"?

4. How did the U.S. Government consider North Korea's invasion of South Korea, according to Isaacson?

5. Why did Dean Acheson believe the U.S. should get involved in the war between North and South Korea, according to Isaacson?

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