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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 convinced one of the "Wise Men" to stop doing business with the Russian communists, according to Isaacson?
(a) Calvin Coolidge.
(b) Charles DeGaul.
(c) Winston Churchill.
(d) Franklin Roosevelt.

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

3. Which of the "Wise Men's" father does Isaacson claim worked for E.H. Harriman with Union Pacific Rail Road?
(a) Averell Harriman.
(b) Robert Lovett.
(c) Dean Acheson.
(d) Chip Bohlen.

4. What decision did Secretary of State Edward Stettinius make that Isaacson claimed frustrated Harriman?
(a) Stettinius ordered Harriman's replacement as Ambassador to Russia.
(b) Stettinius began direct negotiations with Stalin.
(c) Stettinius ordered Harriman to stay in Russia during the aftermath of Roosevelt's death.
(d) Stettinius began the process of cutting Russia out of any post-war decsions.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Isaacson claim to be the most elite club at Yale?

2. According to Isaacson, who was the President of the United States who thought Russia could be an ally after WWII?

3. What position did the "Wise Man" who implemented the Lend Lease program eventually take in the Roosevelt administration?

4. 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?

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

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