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

2. What does Isaacson claim to be Bohlen's view of Bolshevism?
(a) He saw Bolshevism to be a threat to liberal progressivism in Western nations.
(b) He was fascinated by the tenants of Soviet Communism.
(c) He was nonjudgemental and unreflective about Bolshevism.
(d) He reviled in the violent destruction Bolsheviks were willing to employ to hold onto power.

3. With whom did John McCloy and Robert Lovett serve as advisers to the Secretary of War, according to Isaacson?
(a) McGeorge Bundy and Henry Stimson.
(b) Robert Patterson and Harvey Bundy.
(c) Dean Acheson and Averell Harriman.
(d) George Marshall and Erskine Hawkins.

4. Which of the "Wise Men" does Isaacson report to have served in active service during WWI?
(a) Averell Harriman, George Kennan, and Dean Acheson.
(b) Chip Bohlen.
(c) John McCloy and Robert Lovett.
(d) Robert Lovett.

5. What quality made Lovett and McCloy influential insiders, according to Isaacson?
(a) Their intimate friendships with President Franklin Roosevelt.
(b) The informal social networks they had formed.
(c) Their overseas experiences with world leaders.
(d) Their efficient methods of researching and writing reports.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How does Isaacson claim Chip Bohlen became an important American diplomat in Russia?

3. Under which president did Dean Acheson serve in the Attorney General's office?

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

5. Isaacson reports which "Wise Man" worked to implement Franklin Roosevelt's Lend Lease program?

Short Essay Questions

1. 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?

2. What does Isaacson report to be the difference between George Kennan's approach to training for the foreign service and that of Chip Bohlen?

3. What does Isaacson report to be a prerequisite for being tapped for Skull and Bones at Yale?

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

5. Where does Isaacson report Dean Acheson started his career after WWI?

6. 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?

7. What does Isaacson identify as the major issues facing Harry Truman during the first month of his presidency after the death of President Roosevelt?

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

9. What did Isaacson report regarding a meeting between Averell Harriman and Max Beaverbrook that foretold the change in the balance of power between England and the United States?

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

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