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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 8.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who does Isaacson report to have been the vice president the W. A. Harriman investment firm?
(a) Franklin Roosevelt.
(b) Prescott Bush, father of former President George H.W. Bush.
(c) Dwight D. Eisenhower.
(d) Harry Truman.

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

3. 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 understood the priniples of communist dialectics and was able to navigate various negotiations with communist officials.
(c) He was skillful in winning the trust of Russians who were desirous of escaping Soviet Communism and helped them escape to freedom.
(d) He fully understood the demands of protocol and effectively avoided turmoil with his Russian hosts.

4. Isaacson reports that Averell Harriman took what position in the Roosevelt Administration?
(a) Railroad advisor to the Department of Commerce.
(b) Assistant Secretary of War.
(c) Transportation adviser for the new National Defense Advisory Commission.
(d) Assistant director to the Federal Reserve.

5. What event does Isaacson claim caused tension between the U.S., Britain, and their Soviet Allies?
(a) The discovery of a mass grave of 10,000 Polish officers who had been summarily executed by the Red Army after the Nazi-Soviet Non Aggression Pact of 1939.
(b) Harriman discovered that Stalin was conducting back channel negotiations with Hitler.
(c) Roosevelt discovered that Stalin had placed spies throughout his administration.
(d) Harriman discovered his private quarters had been bugged by Stalin.

Short Answer Questions

1. With what investment house did Isaacson claim Averell Harriman merged W.A. Harriman & Co.?

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

3. When did Averell Harriman join the most elite club at Yale according to Isaacson?

4. With whom does Isaacson report Harriman shared responsibility that came to him after the meeting between Roosevelt and Churchill?

5. 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?

(see the answer key)

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