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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 6-7.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Isaacson claim to be Harriman's first crusade in his role with the Roosevelt Administration?
(a) To encourage the Fed to make low interest loans to investment banks.
(b) To encourage the government to help increase the nation's rail freight capabilities.
(c) To gain federal funding for expanded rail road construction.
(d) To make rail transportation the exclusive means of transporting military equipment within the U.S. borders.

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

3. Isaacson reports which "Wise Man" worked to implement Franklin Roosevelt's Lend Lease program?
(a) John McCloy.
(b) George Kennan.
(c) Henry Stimson.
(d) Dean Acheson.

4. How did John McCloy come into contact with Averell Harriman and Robert Lovett?
(a) Through the law firm where John McCloy was employed.
(b) As a student at Harvard Law School.
(c) While he was directing a law office in Paris.
(d) As an advisor with the War Department.

5. What does Isaacson report to be the legacy of Harvard's President Charles Elliot after his 40 year tenure ended in 1909?
(a) "Living well is the best revenge."
(b) "Our undisciplinables are our proudest product."
(c) "Heresy has always been a Harvard institution."
(d) "To allow each man to think and do as he pleases."

Short Answer Questions

1. With whom did John McCloy and Robert Lovett serve as advisers to the Secretary of War, according to Isaacson?

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

3. What does Isaacson claim the Secretary of War called Lovett and McCloy?

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

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

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