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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who does Isaacson report to be the U.S. ambassador to Russia immediately after WWII?
(a) Averell Harriman.
(b) Robert Lovett.
(c) John McCloy.
(d) George Kennan.

2. With whom did John McCloy and Robert Lovett serve as advisers to the Secretary of War, according to Isaacson?
(a) Dean Acheson and Averell Harriman.
(b) McGeorge Bundy and Henry Stimson.
(c) George Marshall and Erskine Hawkins.
(d) Robert Patterson and Harvey Bundy.

3. What does Isaacson claim to have been America's foreign policy following WWI?
(a) Non-interventionism.
(b) Interventionism.
(c) Isolationism.
(d) Nation building.

4. Where does Isaacson claim Averell Harriman was when the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941?
(a) He was visiting Winston Churchill in his country home in Chequers.
(b) He was at his desk in the War Department.
(c) He was in a movie house wathcing Ninotchka.
(d) He was having a picnic with his wife at his Maryland farm.

5. What two post-secondary schools does Isaacson report George Kennan attended?
(a) Yale and Oxford.
(b) Columbia and Harvard.
(c) St. Johns Military Academy and Princeton.
(d) Princeton and Oxford.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the reason Isaacson suggests that John McCLoy's mother encouraged him to tutor children of her wealthy clients during summers away from school?

2. What exclusive club did Chip Bohlen join at Harvard according to Isaacson?

3. What was one of the first challenges facing the Truman Administration in dealing with the Soviet Union after WWII, according to Isaacson?

4. Where did Chip Bohlen grow up, according to Isaacson?

5. What event early in WWII does Isaacson quote John McCloy as calling, "...regrettable in the clear light of perfect hindsight"?

Short Essay Questions

1. What were the roles of George Kennan and Chip Bohlen in President Franklin Roosevelt's successful effort to open official diplomatic relations with the Soviet Union in 1933, according to Isaacson?

2. What does Issacson suggest comes between 20th century isolationism and a utopian dream of a world order based on international law?

3. What does Isaacson report to be Averell Harriman's first achievement after he was named as transportation adviser to the National Defense Advisory Commission by President Franklin Roosevelt?

4. What does Isaacson claim motivated George Kennan to apply for a job with the foreign service?

5. What military action did Joseph Stalin demand from his British and American allies once the United States entered WWII, according to Isaacson?

6. How did Averell Harriman and Robert Lovett come to work together after WWI, according to Isaacson?

7. What does Isaacson claim to be Averell Harriman's qualification for Skull and Bones?

8. What does Isaacson identify as the major issues facing Harry Truman during the first month of his presidency after the death of President Roosevelt?

9. What does Isaacson report to be the difference between George Kennan's approach to training for the foreign service and that of Chip Bohlen?

10. What were the major declarations of the Atlantic Charter, according to Isaacson?

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