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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Isaacson claim President Truman planned to fight for support for the Marshall Plan in Congress?
(a) By vetoing every spending bill until the plan was accepted in Congress.
(b) By advising Democrat congressmen to amend planks of the plan to popular legislation so it would eventually get passed out of the notice of political opponents.
(c) By calling for an emergency session of Congress and winning support for an "interim aid" bill.
(d) By campaigning across the country to rally popular support for the effort.

2. Which of the "Wise Men," according to Isaacson, attended The Hill School in Philadelphia?
(a) Robert Lovett.
(b) George Kennan.
(c) John McCloy.
(d) Chip Bohlen.

3. What does Isaacson report to be the entry in the Enola Gay log book by co-pilot Robert Lewis after the explosion of the atomic bomb over Hiroshima?
(a) "Is this all it's cracked up to be?"
(b) "This thing is over."
(c) "My God. What have we done?"
(d) "Target visually bombed with good results."

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

5. Who wrote the top-secret "recommendations for the use of nuclear weapons"?
(a) Harry Truman.
(b) Colonel Paul Tibbets.
(c) Douglas MacArthur.
(d) J. Robert Oppenheimer.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the only concession the Japanese requested for its surrender to end WWII, according to Isaacson?

2. What does Isaacson claim to be the most elite club at Yale?

3. What does Isaacson report to be a weakness Bohlen exhibited in the execution of his profession?

4. Who does Isaacson record to be the first Democrat candidate for president in 1952 after President Truman announced he would not seek re-election?

5. How does Isaacson claim Chip Bohlen became an important American diplomat in Russia?

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