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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 8.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Under what circumstances did Robert Lovett claim to Isaacson that he met the Harriman Family?
(a) He met the Harriman Family as he was moving to attend Yale Univeristy.
(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 on a Transatlantic cruise on his way to France.

2. 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 Secretary of State.
(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 the Ambassador to Russia.

3. What does Isaacson claim to be the goal of the "Wise Men"?
(a) To scale government back to the limits of the Constitution.
(b) To rebuild Europe after WWII.
(c) To expand the authority of the Federal Reserve Bank over the monetary policy.
(d) To limit the spread of Soviet Communism.

4. What agreement does Isaacson record Roosevelt and Churchill made during their initial meeting after America's entry into WWII?
(a) NATO.
(b) The Non Aggression Pact.
(c) Lend Lease.
(d) The Atlantic Charter.

5. According to Isaacson, what event took place between Harriman and the person with whom he was sharing responsibility that foreshadowed the role of the two countries they represented in their places in Western leadership?
(a) Harriman had a confrontational argument with Leon Trotsky regarding financial aid.
(b) Harriman and John Lovett developed plans for deciding who would get Allied war support without input from Britain.
(c) Harriman and John McCloy developed Allied policy positions without referring to the Soviets.
(d) Harriman and Beaverbrook had an animated clash during which Harriman insisted that England and the U.S. would determine jointly the distribution of war resources, rather than England alone.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Isaacson claim to be Harriman's first crusade in his role with the Roosevelt Administration?

2. Who encouraged the United States to rearm and come out of what Isaacson claims to be a period of isolationism following WWI?

3. Isaacson reports that Averell Harriman took what position in the Roosevelt Administration?

4. What event does Isaacson claim caused tension between the U.S., Britain, and their Soviet Allies?

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

(see the answer key)

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