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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 quality made Lovett and McCloy influential insiders, according to Isaacson?
(a) Their overseas experiences with world leaders.
(b) Their intimate friendships with President Franklin Roosevelt.
(c) Their efficient methods of researching and writing reports.
(d) The informal social networks they had formed.

2. What two post-secondary schools does Isaacson report George Kennan attended?
(a) Yale and Oxford.
(b) Princeton and Oxford.
(c) Columbia and Harvard.
(d) St. Johns Military Academy and Princeton.

3. Where does Isaacson claim Averell Harriman and Dean Acheson first met?
(a) In Russia during WWII.
(b) In Paris.
(c) At Groton Prep School.
(d) In New York City.

4. What was one of the first challenges facing the Truman Administration in dealing with the Soviet Union after WWII, according to Isaacson?
(a) Blocking the Soviet Union from attempting to set terms of peace with Japan.
(b) Dealing with Soviet front groups in the United States.
(c) Slowing the influence of Soviet communism over the Maoist movement in China.
(d) Trying to prevent the Soviet Union from taking German industrial equipment and charging reparations against Germany.

5. Which of the "Wise Men" does Isaacson report to have negotiated trade deals with leaders of the communist government in Russia in 1922?
(a) Chip Bohlen.
(b) Dean Acheson.
(c) Robert Lovett.
(d) Averell Harriman.

Short Answer Questions

1. What quality of Truman's does Isaacson claim was welcomed by the liaison between the State Department and the White House ?

2. How does Isaacson claim Bohlen distinguished himself in the service of his first assignment?

3. How does Isaacson claim Joseph Stalin's temperament changed between Harriman's first and second meetings?

4. What does Isaacson report Vice President Harry Truman was doing when news of President Roosevelt's death was first leaked?

5. What does Isaacson claim the Secretary of War called Lovett and McCloy?

Short Essay Questions

1. What were the roles of George Kennan and Chip Bohlen in President Franklin Roosevelt's successful effort to open official diplomatic relations with the Soviet Union in 1933, according to Isaacson?

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

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

4. What does Isaacson claim motivated George Kennan to apply for a job with the foreign service?

5. What does Isaacson report to be the difference between George Kennan's approach to training for the foreign service and that of Chip Bohlen?

6. What does Isaacson claim to be Averell Harriman's view regarding Russia building a tier of states friendly to its system in Eastern Europe?

7. What does Isaacson claim to be Averell Harriman's qualification for Skull and Bones?

8. 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?

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

10. What does Isaacson report to be a prerequisite for being tapped for Skull and Bones at Yale?

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