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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. According to Isaacson, what event took place between Harriman and the person with whom he was sharing responsibility that foreshadowed the role of the two countries they represented in their places in Western leadership?
(a) Harriman and John McCloy developed Allied policy positions without referring to the Soviets.
(b) Harriman and John Lovett developed plans for deciding who would get Allied war support without input from Britain.
(c) Harriman and Beaverbrook had an animated clash during which Harriman insisted that England and the U.S. would determine jointly the distribution of war resources, rather than England alone.
(d) Harriman had a confrontational argument with Leon Trotsky regarding financial aid.

2. What event early in WWII does Isaacson quote John McCloy as calling, "...regrettable in the clear light of perfect hindsight"?
(a) Becoming an ally with the Soviet Union.
(b) Naming Douglas MacArthur as Supreme Allied Commander in the Pacific.
(c) The relocation of citizens of Japanese ancestry living on the West Coast.
(d) Roosevelt's decision to prioritize the war in Europe rather than the Pacific.

3. 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.

4. Where does Isaacson claim George Kennan served the government in lieu of paying the expenses of attending law school?
(a) The Supreme Court.
(b) The State Department.
(c) The War Department.
(d) The Foreign Service.

5. What event does Isaacson claim caused tension between the U.S., Britain, and their Soviet Allies?
(a) The discovery of a mass grave of 10,000 Polish officers who had been summarily executed by the Red Army after the Nazi-Soviet Non Aggression Pact of 1939.
(b) Harriman discovered his private quarters had been bugged by Stalin.
(c) Harriman discovered that Stalin was conducting back channel negotiations with Hitler.
(d) Roosevelt discovered that Stalin had placed spies throughout his administration.

Short Answer Questions

1. 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?

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

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

4. What does Isaacson claim to be Bohlen's view of Bolshevism?

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

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