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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 3-4.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Isaacson claim to be the purpose of the club that Bohlen joined?
(a) It was called a "waiting" club where members waited to be asked to join a more prestigious club.
(b) It was a "final club" for members who would join no others after coming into it.
(c) To train underclassmen on their place on campus.
(d) To serve as a place at which underclassmen could play rowdy poker games.

2. When did Averell Harriman join the most elite club at Yale according to Isaacson?
(a) 1917.
(b) 1914.
(c) 1911.
(d) 1912.

3. 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?
(a) Because the pay was better than taking one of the part-time jobs in the city.
(b) Because he would be better able to continue his advanced studies while working with younger children.
(c) So he could be networking for a good career.
(d) It was his mother's way of assuring he would make the right social contacts.

4. Who was the Supreme Court Justice for whom Dean Acheson clerked?
(a) Mahlon Pitney.
(b) James Clark McReynolds.
(c) Louis Brandeis.
(d) William Howard Taft.

5. 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) "Our undisciplinables are our proudest product."
(d) "Living well is the best revenge."

Short Answer Questions

1. For what purpose had Robert Lovett's father been grooming him and Averell Harriman since their graduation from college, according to Isaacson?

2. How did John McCloy come into contact with Averell Harriman and Robert Lovett?

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

4. Which of the "Wise Men" does Isaacson report to have served in active service during WWI?

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

(see the answer key)

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