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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 9-10.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who wrote the top-secret "recommendations for the use of nuclear weapons"?
(a) Colonel Paul Tibbets.
(b) J. Robert Oppenheimer.
(c) Harry Truman.
(d) Douglas MacArthur.

2. What political movement did Bohlen defend to his classmates?
(a) Russia's Bolshevik Revolution.
(b) Cobdenite free traders.
(c) Corporate fascism.
(d) Labor Unionists.

3. Which of the "Wise Men," according to Isaacson, attended The Hill School in Philadelphia?
(a) Chip Bohlen.
(b) George Kennan.
(c) John McCloy.
(d) Robert Lovett.

4. Which two of the "Wise Men" does Isaacson claim understood the importance of trade and global involvement from their careers on Wall Street?
(a) Chip Bohlen and Robert Lovett.
(b) George Kennan and Dean Acheson.
(c) John McCloy and Dean Acheson.
(d) Averell Harriman and Robert Lovett.

5. What does Isaacson claim the six men profiled in The Wise Men represent?
(a) Ivy League colleges.
(b) New Democrats.
(c) The American Establishment.
(d) Moderate Republicans.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. In what town does Isaacson claim that George Kennan was born?

3. What decision did Harriman influence Stalin to make, according to Isaacson, to get around the decision of Secretary Stettinius?

4. Where did Chip Bohlen grow up, according to Isaacson?

5. What does Isaacson claim the Secretary of War called Lovett and McCloy?

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