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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Which two of the "Wise Men" does Isaacson claim understood the importance of trade and global involvement from their careers on Wall Street?

2. What does Isaacson claim to the Lovett's and Harriman's most important innovation to the industry for which they were prepared by Judge Lovett?

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

4. Which of the "Wise Men's" father does Isaacson claim worked for E.H. Harriman with Union Pacific Rail Road?

5. Where does Isaacson claim George Kennan served the government in lieu of paying the expenses of attending law school?

(see the answer key)

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