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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 does Isaacson report to have committed the U.S. to active ground war in Korea?
(a) President Truman.
(b) Dean Acheson.
(c) The U.S. Congress.
(d) General Douglas MacArthur.

2. When and where was the first atomic bomb used on Japan?
(a) August 6, 1945 on Tokyo.
(b) August 7, 1945 on Nagasaki.
(c) August 6, 1945 on Hiroshima.
(d) August 7, 1945 on Hiroshima.

3. Who was the State Department's Liaison with the White House during the transfer of power from Roosevelt to Truman?
(a) George Kennan.
(b) John McCloy.
(c) Charles Bohlen.
(d) Dean Acheson.

4. Which of the six "Wise Men" does Isaacson report Roosevelt's Secretary of War asked to work on German espionage?
(a) John McCloy.
(b) Averell Harriman.
(c) Chip Bohlen.
(d) Robert Lovett.

5. What concern does Isaacson claim motivated Under Secretary of State Dean Acheson to encourage America's financial support for Greece?
(a) A possible takeover of Greece by communists as a result of a civil war.
(b) That an economic collapse in Greece would lead to a general economic collapse throughout Europe.
(c) That an economic collapse in Greece would be widely seen as a failure of market systems.
(d) That an economic collapse in Greece would expose the weakness of America's "dollar diplomacy."

Short Answer Questions

1. What political movement did Bohlen defend to his classmates?

2. What does Isaacson report to be the warning the Allied powers gave to the Japanese regarding the dropping of the atomic bomb?

3. With what investment house did Isaacson claim Averell Harriman merged W.A. Harriman & Co.?

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

5. What does Isaacson claim the six men profiled in The Wise Men represent?

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