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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Isaacson report to be the differences between the negotiating styles of Roosevelt and Truman?
(a) Roosevelt could be manipulative and conniving with people and public opinion, but Truman was forthright to the point of bluntness.
(b) Roosevelt was indifferent, but Truman was sensitive.
(c) Roosevelt was high strung, but Truman was contemplative.
(d) Roosevelt eschewed advice, but Truman ruled by consensus.

2. What two post-secondary schools does Isaacson report George Kennan attended?
(a) Columbia and Harvard.
(b) St. Johns Military Academy and Princeton.
(c) Yale and Oxford.
(d) Princeton and Oxford.

3. What does Isaacson report to be a weakness Bohlen exhibited in the execution of his profession?
(a) His penmanship was poor and he never learned to type.
(b) His poor manners offended the keepers of protocol.
(c) His social proclivities caused embarrasments for other Administration officials.
(d) He was often too risky with investor's funds.

4. 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) The United States would provide England with resources and war material at very favorable terms.
(c) Neither Britain nor the U.S. would attack each other or allies of each.
(d) The nations of Western Europe would join in alliance to protect each other against intrusions from communist nations.

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

6. Which of the six "Wise Men" does Isaacson report Roosevelt's Secretary of War asked to work on German espionage?
(a) Chip Bohlen.
(b) Averell Harriman.
(c) John McCloy.
(d) Robert Lovett.

7. How does Isaacson claim Bohlen distinguished himself in the service of his first assignment?
(a) He impressed his superiors with his diligent interest in Russia and its language.
(b) He impressed members of the Roosevelt Administration with his insights into economics and industry.
(c) He left a strong impression with his writing ability.
(d) He impressed the investors of W.A. Harriman with his knack for choosing growing companies in which to invest.

8. What did Isaacson claim to be Kennan's strong areas in his training?
(a) Language interpretation and religious studies.
(b) International Law and German.
(c) Protocol and foreign cultures.
(d) International Law and economics.

9. What exclusive club did Chip Bohlen join at Harvard according to Isaacson?
(a) Skull and Bones.
(b) Sphinx-Kalumet Club.
(c) The Porcellian.
(d) The Harvard Lampoon.

10. What quality of Truman's does Isaacson claim was welcomed by the liaison between the State Department and the White House ?
(a) Truman's forthrightness.
(b) Truman's common perspective.
(c) Truman's predictability.
(d) Truman's willingness to accept counsel.

11. What does Isaacson report to be the legacy of Harvard's President Charles Elliot after his 40 year tenure ended in 1909?
(a) "To allow each man to think and do as he pleases."
(b) "Heresy has always been a Harvard institution."
(c) "Living well is the best revenge."
(d) "Our undisciplinables are our proudest product."

12. What does Isaacson report to be the warning the Allied powers gave to the Japanese regarding the dropping of the atomic bomb?
(a) Ads placed in Japanese newspapers warning of coming destruction.
(b) Radio interruptions of Japanese airwaves that warned the Japanese of America's possession of, "a weapon of mass 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) Communiques made to Japanese leaders through their various channels of communication.

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

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

15. What does Isaacson claim to have been America's foreign policy following WWI?
(a) Interventionism.
(b) Isolationism.
(c) Nation building.
(d) Non-interventionism.

Short Answer Questions

1. 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?

2. 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?

3. Who coined the term "Iron Curtain" in a cable to President Truman?

4. What was Bohlen's first assignment after he completed training in his field, according to Issacson?

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

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