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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. What does Isaacson report to be the differences between the negotiating styles of Roosevelt and Truman?
(a) Roosevelt could be manipulative and conniving with people and public opinion, but Truman was forthright to the point of bluntness.
(b) Roosevelt eschewed advice, but Truman ruled by consensus.
(c) Roosevelt was indifferent, but Truman was sensitive.
(d) Roosevelt was high strung, but Truman was contemplative.

2. Which of the "Wise Men" does Isaacson report to be the son of a wealthy railway tycoon?
(a) Dean Acheson.
(b) Chip Bohlen.
(c) Robert Lovett.
(d) Averell Harriman.

3. What was the focus of the agreement after the initial meeting between Roosevelt and Churchill, according to Isaacson?
(a) Free trade and free people and self-determination for all nations.
(b) Neither Britain nor the U.S. would attack each other or allies of each.
(c) The nations of Western Europe would join in alliance to protect each other against intrusions from communist nations.
(d) The United States would provide England with resources and war material at very favorable terms.

4. Under what circumstances did Robert Lovett claim to Isaacson that he met the Harriman Family?
(a) He met the Harriman Family on a Transatlantic cruise on his way to France.
(b) He met the Harriman Family while he visited his father's office with the Union Pacific Railroad.
(c) He met the Harriman Family as he was moving to attend Yale Univeristy.
(d) Lovett's father's private rail car was coupled onto E. H. Harriman's private train.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Isaacson claim George Kennan served the government in lieu of paying the expenses of attending law school?

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

3. Where did Chip Bohlen grow up, according to Isaacson?

4. Where does Isaacson claim Averell Harriman and Dean Acheson first met?

5. With what investment house did Isaacson claim Averell Harriman merged W.A. Harriman & Co.?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Isaacson identify as the major issues facing Harry Truman during the first month of his presidency after the death of President Roosevelt?

2. What was the title does Isaacson claims that John McCloy earned during his career in government and as a corporate lawyer?

3. What were the circumstances through which John McCloy came into contact with Averell Harriman and Robert Lovett after WWI, according to Isaacson?

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

5. Which of the "Six Wise Men" does Isaacson indicate attended Harvard Law School?

6. 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?

7. As the Allied powers began to close in on Germany, what does Isaacson expose to be the main concern of the British and American governments for the post-war era?

8. After WWI, how does Isaacson show Averell Harriman's process of making business deals with Leon Trotsky of Communist Russia?

9. What kind of jobs did John McCloy's mother find for him during his youth, according to Isaacson?

10. Which of the "Six Wise Men" attended Yale, according to Isaacson?

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