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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. For what purpose had Robert Lovett's father been grooming him and Averell Harriman since their graduation from college, according to Isaacson?
(a) To help him run his investment banks.
(b) To move into foreign service for the government.
(c) To become new masters of the emerging high finance sector of the economy.
(d) To help him run the Union Pacific railway empire.

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

3. Where did John McCloy attend College according to Isaacson?
(a) Yale.
(b) Harvard.
(c) Amherst.
(d) Oxford.

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

5. What was the ratio of students who passed the training for Kennan's chosen field to those who took the course, according to Isaacson?
(a) 1:11.
(b) 110:16.
(c) 16:110.
(d) 110:160.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Isaacson report chose Kennan and Bohlen for service in the American Embassy in Moscow?

2. How does Isaacson claim Bohlen distinguished himself in the service of his first assignment?

3. What exclusive club did Chip Bohlen join at Harvard according to Isaacson?

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

5. Which of the "Wise Men" does Isaacson report to have served in active service during WWI?

(see the answer key)

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