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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How did George Kennan develop his connection to Russia according to Isaacson?
(a) By working with Russian ambassadors to Germany.
(b) By studying under Russian professors who were experts in the Czarist era.
(c) By studying Russian in Paris.
(d) By reading War and Peace.

2. 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) "Heresy has always been a Harvard institution."
(c) "Our undisciplinables are our proudest product."
(d) "To allow each man to think and do as he pleases."

3. Who convinced one of the "Wise Men" to stop doing business with the Russian communists, according to Isaacson?
(a) Calvin Coolidge.
(b) Winston Churchill.
(c) Franklin Roosevelt.
(d) Charles DeGaul.

4. 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 Secretary of State.
(b) Roosevelt named him the Chief Administrative officer of the National Recovery Administration.
(c) Roosevelt named him the head of the Council on Foreign Relations.
(d) Roosevelt named him the Ambassador to Russia.

5. Which of the "Wise Men," according to Isaacson, attended The Hill School in Philadelphia?
(a) George Kennan.
(b) Chip Bohlen.
(c) John McCloy.
(d) Robert Lovett.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Isaacson claim to be Bohlen's view of Bolshevism?

2. What did Isaacson claim to be Kennan's strong areas in his training?

3. Where does Isaacson claim Averell Harriman and Dean Acheson first met?

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

5. For what purpose had Robert Lovett's father been grooming him and Averell Harriman since their graduation from college, according to Isaacson?

(see the answer key)

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