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

2. According to Isaacson, how did Harriman respond to Stalin's shifting demeanor?
(a) Harriman was confused and called Washington for advice.
(b) Harriman was dismayed and threatened to leave.
(c) Harriman was indifferent and held to his mission.
(d) Harriman was blunt and counseled patience.

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 Secretary of State.
(b) Roosevelt named him the head of the Council on Foreign Relations.
(c) Roosevelt named him the Chief Administrative officer of the National Recovery Administration.
(d) Roosevelt named him the Ambassador to Russia.

4. With what country did Bohlen become fascinated during late-night discussions at Harvard?
(a) China.
(b) Germany.
(c) Russia.
(d) Japan.

5. What does Isaacson report Vice President Harry Truman was doing when news of President Roosevelt's death was first leaked?
(a) Truman was having dinner with his family as was his custom at that time of the day.
(b) Truman was in Sam Rayburn's hideaway in the Capitol Building playing cards.
(c) Truman was in the Vice President's office adjacent to the Senate floor preparing to go home for the evening.
(d) Truman was in a foreign policy briefing with the Council of Foreign Relations.

Short Answer Questions

1. With whom does Isaacson report Harriman shared responsibility that came to him after the meeting between Roosevelt and Churchill?

2. What does Isaacson claim to have been America's foreign policy following WWI?

3. What decision did Secretary of State Edward Stettinius make that Isaacson claimed frustrated Harriman?

4. What unusual practice did Soviet pilots take as they flew in approach to Russian cities, according to Isaacson?

5. Who does Isaacson report to be the U.S. ambassador to Russia immediately after WWII?

Short Essay Questions

1. 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?

2. What does Issacson suggest comes between 20th century isolationism and a utopian dream of a world order based on international law?

3. What were the major declarations of the Atlantic Charter, according to Isaacson?

4. What does Isaacson report that George Kennan believed Marxism offered to Soviet Russian leaders?

5. What does Isaacson report to be Averell Harriman's first achievement after he was named as transportation adviser to the National Defense Advisory Commission by President Franklin Roosevelt?

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

7. What experience in John McCloy's background does Isaacson claim gave McCloy the exposure to Henry Stimson that eventually led to McCloy's appointment to the Department of War as a special consultant on German espionage?

8. How did Averell Harriman and Robert Lovett come to work together after WWI, according to Isaacson?

9. What military action did Joseph Stalin demand from his British and American allies once the United States entered WWII, according to Isaacson?

10. Which of the "Six Wise Men" does Isaacson report came to know the family of another through his father's employment?

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