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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 24.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Isaacson claim to be the reason that Harriman and Dean Acheson supported making post-war loans to the Soviets?
(a) Both considered loans to be a show of good faith that the U.S. was willing to work with the Soviets in spite of ideological differences.
(b) Both considered that the friendship of the Soviets could be bought.
(c) Both realized that the Soviet economy was unproductive and felt that loans could nudge the Soviets to a market economy.
(d) Both saw the loans as a means of gaining bargaining leverage with the Kremlin.

2. What does Isaacson claim George Kennan longed for in his later years?
(a) Those few years after the war when a small band of able and selfless men controlled foreign policy.
(b) That those in positions of authority had the freedom to act internationally that he had.
(c) That future leaders could learn from the mistakes the foreign policy elite made that had cost so much to so many.
(d) To return to his earlier years and correct the path to interventionism that had caused so much trouble to the country.

3. What was the focus of the agreement after the initial meeting between Roosevelt and Churchill, according to Isaacson?
(a) The nations of Western Europe would join in alliance to protect each other against intrusions from communist nations.
(b) Neither Britain nor the U.S. would attack each other or allies of each.
(c) The United States would provide England with resources and war material at very favorable terms.
(d) Free trade and free people and self-determination for all nations.

4. What event early in WWII does Isaacson quote John McCloy as calling, "...regrettable in the clear light of perfect hindsight"?
(a) The relocation of citizens of Japanese ancestry living on the West Coast.
(b) Becoming an ally with the Soviet Union.
(c) Naming Douglas MacArthur as Supreme Allied Commander in the Pacific.
(d) Roosevelt's decision to prioritize the war in Europe rather than the Pacific.

5. What occupied John McCloy during the 1970's, according to Isaacson?
(a) He acted as a lawyer and mediator for oil companies and OPEC nations.
(b) He returned to his legal private practice and devoted many efforts to pro bono causes.
(c) He became a political activist for greater control over military occupations.
(d) He had retired to a life of leisure on a Connecticut farm.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the "Wise Men" does Isaacson report to have negotiated trade deals with leaders of the communist government in Russia in 1922?

2. What does Isaacson report to be the legacy of Harvard's President Charles Elliot after his 40 year tenure ended in 1909?

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

4. What does Isaacson cite as the difference between Kennan's and Chip Bohlen's approach to preparing for their chosen field?

5. What does Isaacson report to be the differences between the negotiating styles of Roosevelt and Truman?

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