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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. With whom did John McCloy and Robert Lovett serve as advisers to the Secretary of War, according to Isaacson?
(a) McGeorge Bundy and Henry Stimson.
(b) Dean Acheson and Averell Harriman.
(c) George Marshall and Erskine Hawkins.
(d) Robert Patterson and Harvey Bundy.

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 move into foreign service for the government.
(b) To help him run the Union Pacific railway empire.
(c) To become new masters of the emerging high finance sector of the economy.
(d) To help him run his investment banks.

3. What is the reason Isaacson suggests that John McCLoy's mother encouraged him to tutor children of her wealthy clients during summers away from school?
(a) Because he would be better able to continue his advanced studies while working with younger children.
(b) It was his mother's way of assuring he would make the right social contacts.
(c) So he could be networking for a good career.
(d) Because the pay was better than taking one of the part-time jobs in the city.

4. What does Isaacson report to be the warning the Allied powers gave to the Japanese regarding the dropping of the atomic bomb?
(a) Communiques made to Japanese leaders through their various channels of communication.
(b) Ads placed in Japanese newspapers warning of coming destruction.
(c) A vague clue in the Potsdam proclamation describing "immeasurably greater" powers and that, "The alternative for Japan is prompt and utter destruction."
(d) Radio interruptions of Japanese airwaves that warned the Japanese of America's possession of, "a weapon of mass destruction."

5. Which of the "Wise Men" does Isaacson report to have negotiated trade deals with leaders of the communist government in Russia in 1922?
(a) Chip Bohlen.
(b) Dean Acheson.
(c) Averell Harriman.
(d) Robert Lovett.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Isaacson report that Averell Harriman's support for the successful presidential candidacy of Franklin Roosevelt was rewarded in 1932?

2. What does Isaacson report to be the legacy of Harvard's President Charles Elliot after his 40 year tenure ended in 1909?

3. How does Isaacson claim Bohlen distinguished himself in the service of his first assignment?

4. Which of the six "Wise Men" does Isaacson report Roosevelt's Secretary of War asked to work on German espionage?

5. What does Isaacson cite as the difference between Kennan's and Chip Bohlen's approach to preparing for their chosen field?

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