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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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 an advisor with the War Department.
(c) As a student at Harvard Law School.
(d) While he was directing a law office in Paris.

2. Which two of the "Wise Men" does Isaacson claim understood the importance of trade and global involvement from their careers on Wall Street?
(a) John McCloy and Dean Acheson.
(b) Chip Bohlen and Robert Lovett.
(c) Averell Harriman and Robert Lovett.
(d) George Kennan and Dean Acheson.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What political movement did Bohlen defend to his classmates?

3. In what town does Isaacson claim that George Kennan was born?

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

5. According to Isaacson, who was the President of the United States who thought Russia could be an ally after WWII?

(see the answer key)

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