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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 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) Because the pay was better than taking one of the part-time jobs in the city.
(b) It was his mother's way of assuring he would make the right social contacts.
(c) So he could be networking for a good career.
(d) Because he would be better able to continue his advanced studies while working with younger children.

2. Under what circumstances did Robert Lovett claim to Isaacson that he met the Harriman Family?
(a) He met the Harriman Family on a Transatlantic cruise on his way to France.
(b) Lovett's father's private rail car was coupled onto E. H. Harriman's private train.
(c) He met the Harriman Family while he visited his father's office with the Union Pacific Railroad.
(d) He met the Harriman Family as he was moving to attend Yale Univeristy.

3. According to Isaacson, who was the President of the United States who thought Russia could be an ally after WWII?
(a) Adalai Stevenson.
(b) Harry Truman.
(c) Dwight Eisenhower.
(d) Franklin Roosevelt.

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

5. What political movement did Bohlen defend to his classmates?
(a) Corporate fascism.
(b) Cobdenite free traders.
(c) Labor Unionists.
(d) Russia's Bolshevik Revolution.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Isaacson report to have been the vice president the W. A. Harriman investment firm?

2. What does Isaacson report to be the legacy of Harvard's President Charles Elliot after his 40 year tenure ended in 1909?

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

4. Which of the "Wise Men" does Isaacson report to be the son of a wealthy railway tycoon?

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

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