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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 20-21.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which of the "Wise Men" does Isaacson report to have negotiated trade deals with leaders of the communist government in Russia in 1922?
(a) Dean Acheson.
(b) Chip Bohlen.
(c) Robert Lovett.
(d) Averell Harriman.

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

3. How does Isaacson claim Joseph Stalin's temperament changed between Harriman's first and second meetings?
(a) In the first meeting Stalin was candid and friendly, but in the second meeting he was confrontational, accusing and paranoid.
(b) In the first meeting Stalin was aloof and disinterested, in the second meeting he was eager and cooperative.
(c) In the first meeting Stalin was scheming and evasive, in the second meeting he was congenial and open.
(d) In the first meeting Stalin was panicked and demanding, but in the second meeting Stalin was calm and reasonable.

4. Which of the "Wise Men's" father does Isaacson claim worked for E.H. Harriman with Union Pacific Rail Road?
(a) Averell Harriman.
(b) Dean Acheson.
(c) Chip Bohlen.
(d) Robert Lovett.

5. 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 airplanes to quickly relay messages to ambassadors in foreign lands.
(b) Using ticker tape to relay changes in stock prices.
(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. What does Isaacson report to have been the reaction to communist tactics against the Marshall Plan?

2. Which of the "Wise Men" does Isaacson report to be the son of a wealthy railway tycoon?

3. What quality made Lovett and McCloy influential insiders, according to Isaacson?

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

5. After the atomic bombs had been detonated in Japan, what does Isaacson indicate to be the next challenge for the government in the post-war era?

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