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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who does Isaacson report chose Kennan and Bohlen for service in the American Embassy in Moscow?
(a) The American Ambassador to Russia, William Bullitt.
(b) Secretary of War Henry Lewis Stimson.
(c) President Franklin Roosevelt.
(d) Secretary of State Elihu Root.

2. How did George Kennan develop his connection to Russia according to Isaacson?
(a) By working with Russian ambassadors to Germany.
(b) By studying Russian in Paris.
(c) By reading War and Peace.
(d) By studying under Russian professors who were experts in the Czarist era.

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

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

5. What Assistant Secretary of War does Isaacson cite as fearing American isolationism after WWII?
(a) Dean Acheson.
(b) Robert Lovett.
(c) Averell Harriman.
(d) John McCloy.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which president does Isaacson report Dean Acheson served as Assistant Secretary of State?

2. Which of the "Wise Men's" father does Isaacson claim worked for E.H. Harriman with Union Pacific Rail Road?

3. Under which president did Dean Acheson serve in the Attorney General's office?

4. What does Isaacson claim to have been America's foreign policy following WWI?

5. According to Isaacson, how did Harriman respond to Stalin's shifting demeanor?

Short Essay Questions

1. How did Averell Harriman and Robert Lovett come to work together after WWI, according to Isaacson?

2. What does Isaacson claim to be Averell Harriman's view regarding Russia building a tier of states friendly to its system in Eastern Europe?

3. Which of the "Six Wise Men" does Isaacson indicate attended Harvard Law School?

4. What were the roles of George Kennan and Chip Bohlen in President Franklin Roosevelt's successful effort to open official diplomatic relations with the Soviet Union in 1933, according to Isaacson?

5. After WWI, how does Isaacson show Averell Harriman's process of making business deals with Leon Trotsky of Communist Russia?

6. What does Isaacson identify as the major issues facing Harry Truman during the first month of his presidency after the death of President Roosevelt?

7. What does Isaacson report to be the difference between George Kennan's approach to training for the foreign service and that of Chip Bohlen?

8. How does Isaacson claim that Robert Lovett's father started in his work for E.H. Harriman?

9. What kind of jobs did John McCloy's mother find for him during his youth, according to Isaacson?

10. What experience in John McCloy's background does Isaacson claim gave McCloy the exposure to Henry Stimson that eventually led to McCloy's appointment to the Department of War as a special consultant on German espionage?

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