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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. How did George Kennan develop his connection to Russia according to Isaacson?
(a) By reading War and Peace.
(b) By studying under Russian professors who were experts in the Czarist era.
(c) By studying Russian in Paris.
(d) By working with Russian ambassadors to Germany.

3. Which of the "Wise Men's" father does Isaacson claim worked for E.H. Harriman with Union Pacific Rail Road?
(a) Averell Harriman.
(b) Dean Acheson.
(c) Chip Bohlen.
(d) Robert Lovett.

4. Who does Isaacson report chose Kennan and Bohlen for service in the American Embassy in Moscow?
(a) Secretary of State Elihu Root.
(b) President Franklin Roosevelt.
(c) The American Ambassador to Russia, William Bullitt.
(d) Secretary of War Henry Lewis Stimson.

5. How does Isaacson report that Averell Harriman's support for the successful presidential candidacy of Franklin Roosevelt was rewarded in 1932?
(a) Roosevelt named him the Ambassador to Russia.
(b) Roosevelt named him the Chief Administrative officer of the National Recovery Administration.
(c) Roosevelt named him the head of the Council on Foreign Relations.
(d) Roosevelt named him Secretary of State.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Isaacson claim to have been America's foreign policy following WWI?

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

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

4. What was the ratio of students who passed the training for Kennan's chosen field to those who took the course, according to Isaacson?

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

(see the answer key)

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