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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 Assistant Secretary of War does Isaacson cite as fearing American isolationism after WWII?
(a) John McCloy.
(b) Robert Lovett.
(c) Averell Harriman.
(d) Dean Acheson.

2. Which of the "Wise Men" does Isaacson report to have negotiated trade deals with leaders of the communist government in Russia in 1922?
(a) Robert Lovett.
(b) Dean Acheson.
(c) Averell Harriman.
(d) Chip Bohlen.

3. Where does Isaacson claim Averell Harriman was when the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941?
(a) He was having a picnic with his wife at his Maryland farm.
(b) He was in a movie house wathcing Ninotchka.
(c) He was visiting Winston Churchill in his country home in Chequers.
(d) He was at his desk in the War Department.

4. What does Isaacson claim to be the most elite club at Yale?
(a) Scroll and Key.
(b) Ivy.
(c) DKE.
(d) Skull and Bones.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. How did George Kennan develop his connection to Russia according to Isaacson?

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

5. Under whom does Isaacson report Kennan studied for his chosen field?

(see the answer key)

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