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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 encouraged the United States to rearm and come out of what Isaacson claims to be a period of isolationism following WWI?
(a) John McCloy.
(b) Dean Acheson.
(c) Averell Harriman.
(d) Henry Stimson.

2. Isaacson reports which "Wise Man" worked to implement Franklin Roosevelt's Lend Lease program?
(a) George Kennan.
(b) Henry Stimson.
(c) John McCloy.
(d) Dean Acheson.

3. How does Isaacson report that Averell Harriman's support for the successful presidential candidacy of Franklin Roosevelt was rewarded in 1932?
(a) Roosevelt named him the head of the Council on Foreign Relations.
(b) Roosevelt named him the Chief Administrative officer of the National Recovery Administration.
(c) Roosevelt named him Secretary of State.
(d) Roosevelt named him the Ambassador to Russia.

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

5. For what purpose had Robert Lovett's father been grooming him and Averell Harriman since their graduation from college, according to Isaacson?
(a) To help him run his investment banks.
(b) To move into foreign service for the government.
(c) To help him run the Union Pacific railway empire.
(d) To become new masters of the emerging high finance sector of the economy.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who wrote the top-secret "recommendations for the use of nuclear weapons"?

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

3. After Roosevelt and Churchill made their agreement, what became the responsibility of Averell Harriman?

4. What political movement did Bohlen defend to his classmates?

5. In what town does Isaacson claim that George Kennan was born?

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. What did Isaacson report regarding a meeting between Averell Harriman and Max Beaverbrook that foretold the change in the balance of power between England and the United States?

3. Who does Isaacson identify as the two men that Secretary of War Henry Stimson called the "Heavenly Twins"?

4. What does Isaacson claim to be Averell Harriman's qualification for Skull and Bones?

5. What does Isaacson claim motivated George Kennan to apply for a job with the foreign service?

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

7. 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?

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

9. What were the circumstances through which John McCloy came into contact with Averell Harriman and Robert Lovett after WWI, according to Isaacson?

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

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