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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. How does Isaacson claim Chip Bohlen became an important American diplomat in Russia?
(a) He could talk Russian like a native and had the ability to express blunt opinions with a disarming smile.
(b) He fully understood the demands of protocol and effectively avoided turmoil with his Russian hosts.
(c) He understood the priniples of communist dialectics and was able to navigate various negotiations with communist officials.
(d) He was skillful in winning the trust of Russians who were desirous of escaping Soviet Communism and helped them escape to freedom.

2. According to Isaacson, who was the President of the United States who thought Russia could be an ally after WWII?
(a) Dwight Eisenhower.
(b) Harry Truman.
(c) Adalai Stevenson.
(d) Franklin Roosevelt.

3. Under whom does Isaacson report Kennan studied for his chosen field?
(a) Angus Crawford.
(b) Joseph Grew.
(c) William Castle.
(d) Alexander Kirk.

4. What does Isaacson report that John McCloy called, "Something that is worse than anything probably that ever happened in the world"?
(a) The devastation caused to Germany from WWII.
(b) The dropping of the atom bomb on Hiroshima.
(c) The death of Franklin Roosevelt.
(d) The rift that was coming between the Soviet Union and the United States.

5. Under which president did Dean Acheson serve in the Attorney General's office?
(a) Herbert Hoover.
(b) Franklin Roosevelt.
(c) Harry Truman.
(d) Calvin Coolidge.

Short Answer Questions

1. What approach did Wall Street favor regarding the future of Germany's industrial base during plans for the post-war era, according to Isaacson?

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

3. According to Isaacson, what event took place between Harriman and the person with whom he was sharing responsibility that foreshadowed the role of the two countries they represented in their places in Western leadership?

4. Who does Isaacson report chose Kennan and Bohlen for service in the American Embassy in Moscow?

5. How does Isaacson claim Bohlen distinguished himself in the service of his first assignment?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What experience in John McCloy's background does Isaacson claim gave McCloy the exposure to Henry Stimson that eventually led to McCloy's appointment to the Department of War as a special consultant on German espionage?

3. What kind of jobs did John McCloy's mother find for him during his youth, according to Isaacson?

4. What were the circumstances through which John McCloy came into contact with Averell Harriman and Robert Lovett after WWI, according to Isaacson?

5. 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?

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

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

8. How does Isaacson claim that Robert Lovett's father started in his work for E.H. Harriman?

9. What does Isaacson report that George Kennan believed Marxism offered to Soviet Russian leaders?

10. After WWI, how does Isaacson show Averell Harriman's process of making business deals with Leon Trotsky of Communist Russia?

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