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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 6-7.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. Where did John McCloy attend College according to Isaacson?
(a) Oxford.
(b) Yale.
(c) Amherst.
(d) Harvard.
2. Which of the "Wise Men," according to Isaacson, attended The Hill School in Philadelphia?
(a) John McCloy.
(b) Robert Lovett.
(c) George Kennan.
(d) Chip Bohlen.
3. What event does Isaacson suggest brought calls to come out of its isolationism following WWI?
(a) The spread of Nazism across Europe.
(b) Japanese Imperialism through the Far East.
(c) The rise of Italian Fascism.
(d) The Stalinist purges in Russia.
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) Robert Lovett.
(c) John McCloy and Robert Lovett.
(d) Chip Bohlen.
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?
(a) So he could be networking for a good career.
(b) Because the pay was better than taking one of the part-time jobs in the city.
(c) Because he would be better able to continue his advanced studies while working with younger children.
(d) It was his mother's way of assuring he would make the right social contacts.
Short Answer Questions
1. Which two of the "Wise Men" does Isaacson claim understood the importance of trade and global involvement from their careers on Wall Street?
2. What does Isaacson claim to be the purpose of the club that Bohlen joined?
3. In what town does Isaacson claim that George Kennan was born?
4. What does Isaacson claim to the Lovett's and Harriman's most important innovation to the industry for which they were prepared by Judge Lovett?
5. How does Isaacson report that Averell Harriman's support for the successful presidential candidacy of Franklin Roosevelt was rewarded in 1932?
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