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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) As a student at Harvard Law School.
(b) While he was directing a law office in Paris.
(c) As an advisor with the War Department.
(d) Through the law firm where John McCloy was employed.

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

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

4. What does Isaacson report to be the legacy of Harvard's President Charles Elliot after his 40 year tenure ended in 1909?
(a) "Our undisciplinables are our proudest product."
(b) "Living well is the best revenge."
(c) "To allow each man to think and do as he pleases."
(d) "Heresy has always been a Harvard institution."

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

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. Where did Chip Bohlen grow up, according to Isaacson?

4. What does Isaacson claim to be the purpose of the club that Bohlen joined?

5. What Assistant Secretary of War does Isaacson cite as fearing American isolationism after WWII?

(see the answer key)

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