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

2. What does Isaacson claim the six men profiled in The Wise Men represent?
(a) Moderate Republicans.
(b) Ivy League colleges.
(c) The American Establishment.
(d) New Democrats.

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

4. Which of the "Wise Men," according to Isaacson, attended The Hill School in Philadelphia?
(a) Robert Lovett.
(b) Chip Bohlen.
(c) John McCloy.
(d) George Kennan.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. Which of the "Wise Men's" father does Isaacson claim worked for E.H. Harriman with Union Pacific Rail Road?

4. Which president does Isaacson report Dean Acheson served as Assistant Secretary of State?

5. For what purpose had Robert Lovett's father been grooming him and Averell Harriman since their graduation from college, according to Isaacson?

(see the answer key)

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