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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 3-4.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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?
(a) Developing streamlined diesel locomotives pulling sleek aluminum coaches.
(b) Using airplanes to quickly relay messages to ambassadors in foreign lands.
(c) Establishing radio relay stations to deliver messages to ambassadors in foreign lands.
(d) Using ticker tape to relay changes in stock prices.

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

3. Under which president did Dean Acheson serve in the Attorney General's office?
(a) Herbert Hoover.
(b) Harry Truman.
(c) Franklin Roosevelt.
(d) Calvin Coolidge.

4. How did John McCloy come into contact with Averell Harriman and Robert Lovett?
(a) As a student at Harvard Law School.
(b) While he was directing a law office in Paris.
(c) Through the law firm where John McCloy was employed.
(d) As an advisor with the War Department.

5. Which of the "Wise Men's" father does Isaacson claim worked for E.H. Harriman with Union Pacific Rail Road?
(a) Robert Lovett.
(b) Chip Bohlen.
(c) Dean Acheson.
(d) Averell Harriman.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Isaacson report to be the U.S. ambassador to Russia immediately after WWII?

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

3. Which of the "Wise Men" does Isaacson report to have served in active service during WWI?

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

5. How does Isaacson report that Averell Harriman's support for the successful presidential candidacy of Franklin Roosevelt was rewarded in 1932?

(see the answer key)

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