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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 9-10.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How did John McCloy come into contact with Averell Harriman and Robert Lovett?
(a) As an advisor with the War Department.
(b) Through the law firm where John McCloy was employed.
(c) While he was directing a law office in Paris.
(d) As a student at Harvard Law School.

2. Which of the six "Wise Men" does Isaacson report Roosevelt's Secretary of War asked to work on German espionage?
(a) Robert Lovett.
(b) John McCloy.
(c) Averell Harriman.
(d) Chip Bohlen.

3. Which of the "Wise Men" does Isaacson report to have served in active service during WWI?
(a) Averell Harriman, George Kennan, and Dean Acheson.
(b) Chip Bohlen.
(c) Robert Lovett.
(d) John McCloy and Robert Lovett.

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

5. What does Isaacson claim the Secretary of War called Lovett and McCloy?
(a) "The Dynamic Duo."
(b) "Two of a kind."
(c) "The Heavenly Twins."
(d) "The Minnesota Twins."

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Isaacson claim to be Harriman's first crusade in his role with the Roosevelt Administration?

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

3. What does Isaacson claim to be the reason that Harriman and Dean Acheson supported making post-war loans to the Soviets?

4. What was the focus of the agreement after the initial meeting between Roosevelt and Churchill, according to Isaacson?

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

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