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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. 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) Robert Lovett.
(d) Chip Bohlen.

3. What does Isaacson claim to be Bohlen's view of Bolshevism?
(a) He was nonjudgemental and unreflective about Bolshevism.
(b) He reviled in the violent destruction Bolsheviks were willing to employ to hold onto power.
(c) He saw Bolshevism to be a threat to liberal progressivism in Western nations.
(d) He was fascinated by the tenants of Soviet Communism.

4. 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 Chief Administrative officer of the National Recovery Administration.
(b) Roosevelt named him Secretary of State.
(c) Roosevelt named him the head of the Council on Foreign Relations.
(d) Roosevelt named him the Ambassador to Russia.

5. Where does Isaacson claim Averell Harriman and Dean Acheson first met?
(a) At Groton Prep School.
(b) In Paris.
(c) In New York City.
(d) In Russia during WWII.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the "Wise Men" does Isaacson report to have negotiated trade deals with leaders of the communist government in Russia in 1922?

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

3. What does Isaacson claim the six men profiled in The Wise Men represent?

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

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

(see the answer key)

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