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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was the focus of the agreement after the initial meeting between Roosevelt and Churchill, according to Isaacson?
(a) Free trade and free people and self-determination for all nations.
(b) Neither Britain nor the U.S. would attack each other or allies of each.
(c) The nations of Western Europe would join in alliance to protect each other against intrusions from communist nations.
(d) The United States would provide England with resources and war material at very favorable terms.

2. What event does Isaacson claim caused tension between the U.S., Britain, and their Soviet Allies?
(a) Harriman discovered that Stalin was conducting back channel negotiations with Hitler.
(b) Roosevelt discovered that Stalin had placed spies throughout his administration.
(c) The discovery of a mass grave of 10,000 Polish officers who had been summarily executed by the Red Army after the Nazi-Soviet Non Aggression Pact of 1939.
(d) Harriman discovered his private quarters had been bugged by Stalin.

3. What was Bohlen's first assignment after he completed training in his field, according to Issacson?
(a) He was assigned Under Secretary of the National Recovery Administration.
(b) He was given a seat on the board of directors of the Union Pacific Railway.
(c) He was made partner with W.A. Harriman & Co.
(d) He was posted in Prague.

4. Who coined the term "Iron Curtain" in a cable to President Truman?
(a) Henry Stimson.
(b) George Kennan.
(c) Winston Churchill.
(d) John McCloy.

5. Under which president did Dean Acheson serve in the Attorney General's office?
(a) Herbert Hoover.
(b) Calvin Coolidge.
(c) Franklin Roosevelt.
(d) Harry Truman.

6. Who was the State Department's Liaison with the White House during the transfer of power from Roosevelt to Truman?
(a) Dean Acheson.
(b) George Kennan.
(c) John McCloy.
(d) Charles Bohlen.

7. Where did Chip Bohlen grow up, according to Isaacson?
(a) Grindstone Island, New York.
(b) Aiken, South Carolina.
(c) Paris.
(d) New York City.

8. What unusual practice did Soviet pilots take as they flew in approach to Russian cities, according to Isaacson?
(a) They did barrel rolls to impress Stalin with their skill.
(b) They went into a "torpedo dive" to best avoid being hit by enemy fire.
(c) They approached Russian cities at tree top level so as to be recognized by the Russian military.
(d) They shut off their engines and glided into a landing to avoid detections by subversives.

9. Which of the "Wise Men" does Isaacson report to have served in active service during WWI?
(a) Averell Harriman, George Kennan, and Dean Acheson.
(b) Chip Bohlen.
(c) John McCloy and Robert Lovett.
(d) Robert Lovett.

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

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

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

13. What quality made Lovett and McCloy influential insiders, according to Isaacson?
(a) Their efficient methods of researching and writing reports.
(b) The informal social networks they had formed.
(c) Their intimate friendships with President Franklin Roosevelt.
(d) Their overseas experiences with world leaders.

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

15. 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?
(a) Using ticker tape to relay changes in stock prices.
(b) Using airplanes to quickly relay messages to ambassadors in foreign lands.
(c) Establishing radio relay stations to deliver messages to ambassadors in foreign lands.
(d) Developing streamlined diesel locomotives pulling sleek aluminum coaches.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. When did Averell Harriman join the most elite club at Yale according to Isaacson?

3. What does Isaacson claim to be Bohlen's view of Bolshevism?

4. Where did John McCloy attend College according to Isaacson?

5. Where does Isaacson claim Averell Harriman was when the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941?

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