1. Which president does Isaacson report Dean Acheson served as Assistant Secretary of State?
(a) Harry Truman.
(b) John F. Kennedy.
(c) Franklin Roosevelt.
(d) Dwight Eisenhower.

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

3. How does Isaacson claim Joseph Stalin's temperament changed between Harriman's first and second meetings?
(a) In the first meeting Stalin was panicked and demanding, but in the second meeting Stalin was calm and reasonable.
(b) In the first meeting Stalin was scheming and evasive, in the second meeting he was congenial and open.
(c) In the first meeting Stalin was aloof and disinterested, in the second meeting he was eager and cooperative.
(d) In the first meeting Stalin was candid and friendly, but in the second meeting he was confrontational, accusing and paranoid.

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) Dean Acheson.
(c) Robert Lovett.
(d) Averell Harriman.

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 and John McCloy developed Allied policy positions without referring to the Soviets.
(b) Harriman had a confrontational argument with Leon Trotsky regarding financial aid.
(c) Harriman and John Lovett developed plans for deciding who would get Allied war support without input from Britain.
(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.