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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 3-4.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. When did Averell Harriman join the most elite club at Yale according to Isaacson?
(a) 1911.
(b) 1912.
(c) 1917.
(d) 1914.

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

4. With what investment house did Isaacson claim Averell Harriman merged W.A. Harriman & Co.?
(a) Knight Wooley & Company.
(b) Lehman Brothers.
(c) Goldman Sachs.
(d) Brown Brothers & Company.

5. How does Isaacson report that Averell Harriman's support for the successful presidential candidacy of Franklin Roosevelt was rewarded in 1932?
(a) Roosevelt named him the Ambassador to Russia.
(b) Roosevelt named him the head of the Council on Foreign Relations.
(c) Roosevelt named him the Chief Administrative officer of the National Recovery Administration.
(d) Roosevelt named him Secretary of State.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Isaacson claim to be the purpose of the club that Bohlen joined?

2. What does Isaacson claim to be the goal of the "Wise Men"?

3. With what country did Bohlen become fascinated during late-night discussions at Harvard?

4. Which of the "Wise Men" does Isaacson report to have served in active service during WWI?

5. Who does Isaacson report to have been the vice president the W. A. Harriman investment firm?

(see the answer key)

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