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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Who encouraged the United States to rearm and come out of what Isaacson claims to be a period of isolationism following WWI?
(a) Averell Harriman.
(b) John McCloy.
(c) Dean Acheson.
(d) Henry Stimson.

3. What does Isaacson report eventually came of the idea of a "Western Union" military alliance?
(a) It became the European Union (EU).
(b) It became the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA).
(c) It became the United Nations (UN).
(d) It became the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO).

4. What was the only concession the Japanese requested for its surrender to end WWII, according to Isaacson?
(a) That Japanese Americans kept in detention camps be allowed to repatriate with their homeland.
(b) That Russia not be allowed to occupy the island.
(c) That Japan could keep its emperor.
(d) That their American occupiers limit their personal interaction with Japanese citizens.

5. Who does Isaacson report that President Truman chose to administer the European Recovery Plan (The Marshall Plan) in Europe?
(a) Dean Acheson.
(b) Averell Harriman.
(c) Paul Hoffman.
(d) General Lucius Clay.

Short Answer Questions

1. Under what circumstances did Robert Lovett claim to Isaacson that he met the Harriman Family?

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

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

4. According to Isaacson, why did did George Kennan oppose the development of more powerful nuclear weapons?

5. What was the major contributing factor to causing the fate of the "Six Wise Men" after the election of Eisenhower?

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