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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which of the "Wise Men" does Isaacson report to be the son of a wealthy railway tycoon?
(a) Dean Acheson.
(b) Averell Harriman.
(c) Chip Bohlen.
(d) Robert Lovett.

2. 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.

3. What Assistant Secretary of War does Isaacson cite as fearing American isolationism after WWII?
(a) Dean Acheson.
(b) John McCloy.
(c) Robert Lovett.
(d) Averell Harriman.

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

5. Who was the Supreme Court Justice for whom Dean Acheson clerked?
(a) Louis Brandeis.
(b) William Howard Taft.
(c) Mahlon Pitney.
(d) James Clark McReynolds.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who convinced one of the "Wise Men" to stop doing business with the Russian communists, according to Isaacson?

3. What does Isaacson claim to be the goal of the "Wise Men"?

4. Under what circumstances did Robert Lovett claim to Isaacson that he met the Harriman Family?

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

(see the answer key)

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