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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. Which of the "Wise Men" does Isaacson report to be the son of a wealthy railway tycoon?
(a) Chip Bohlen.
(b) Robert Lovett.
(c) Averell Harriman.
(d) Dean Acheson.

2. Where did John McCloy attend College according to Isaacson?
(a) Amherst.
(b) Harvard.
(c) Oxford.
(d) Yale.

3. Where does Isaacson claim Averell Harriman was when the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941?
(a) He was in a movie house wathcing Ninotchka.
(b) He was visiting Winston Churchill in his country home in Chequers.
(c) He was at his desk in the War Department.
(d) He was having a picnic with his wife at his Maryland farm.

4. How does Isaacson claim Chip Bohlen became an important American diplomat in Russia?
(a) He was skillful in winning the trust of Russians who were desirous of escaping Soviet Communism and helped them escape to freedom.
(b) He could talk Russian like a native and had the ability to express blunt opinions with a disarming smile.
(c) He understood the priniples of communist dialectics and was able to navigate various negotiations with communist officials.
(d) He fully understood the demands of protocol and effectively avoided turmoil with his Russian hosts.

5. 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) Radio interruptions of Japanese airwaves that warned the Japanese of America's possession of, "a weapon of mass destruction."
(d) A vague clue in the Potsdam proclamation describing "immeasurably greater" powers and that, "The alternative for Japan is prompt and utter destruction."

Short Answer Questions

1. What approach did Wall Street favor regarding the future of Germany's industrial base during plans for the post-war era, according to Isaacson?

2. What does Isaacson suggest started becoming a concern to the six "Wise Men" shortly after WWII began?

3. Isaacson reports that Averell Harriman took what position in the Roosevelt Administration?

4. What event early in WWII does Isaacson quote John McCloy as calling, "...regrettable in the clear light of perfect hindsight"?

5. Under what circumstances did Robert Lovett claim to Isaacson that he met the Harriman Family?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. Why did Russian soldiers dismantle German factories and send the assets back to their homeland at the end of WWII according to Isaacson?

4. What was the title does Isaacson claims that John McCloy earned during his career in government and as a corporate lawyer?

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

6. As the Allied powers began to close in on Germany, what does Isaacson expose to be the main concern of the British and American governments for the post-war era?

7. What does Isaacson report to be a prerequisite for being tapped for Skull and Bones at Yale?

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

9. Which of the "Six Wise Men" does Isaacson report came to know the family of another through his father's employment?

10. What does Isaacson claim to be the "warning" issued through the Potsdam proclamation by the Allied Powers to Japan regarding the dropping of the atomic bomb?

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