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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 legacy of Harvard's President Charles Elliot after his 40 year tenure ended in 1909?
(a) "To allow each man to think and do as he pleases."
(b) "Heresy has always been a Harvard institution."
(c) "Living well is the best revenge."
(d) "Our undisciplinables are our proudest product."

2. How does Isaacson claim Chip Bohlen became an important American diplomat in Russia?
(a) He understood the priniples of communist dialectics and was able to navigate various negotiations with communist officials.
(b) He fully understood the demands of protocol and effectively avoided turmoil with his Russian hosts.
(c) He was skillful in winning the trust of Russians who were desirous of escaping Soviet Communism and helped them escape to freedom.
(d) He could talk Russian like a native and had the ability to express blunt opinions with a disarming smile.

3. Under which president did Dean Acheson serve in the Attorney General's office?
(a) Harry Truman.
(b) Herbert Hoover.
(c) Franklin Roosevelt.
(d) Calvin Coolidge.

4. Which president does Isaacson report Dean Acheson served as Assistant Secretary of State?
(a) Dwight Eisenhower.
(b) Franklin Roosevelt.
(c) John F. Kennedy.
(d) Harry Truman.

5. How did George Kennan develop his connection to Russia according to Isaacson?
(a) By studying Russian in Paris.
(b) By studying under Russian professors who were experts in the Czarist era.
(c) By reading War and Peace.
(d) By working with Russian ambassadors to Germany.

Short Answer Questions

1. What event does Isaacson suggest brought calls to come out of its isolationism following WWI?

2. What quality made Lovett and McCloy influential insiders, according to Isaacson?

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

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

5. Who does Isaacson report chose Kennan and Bohlen for service in the American Embassy in Moscow?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. Where does Isaacson report Dean Acheson started his career after WWI?

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

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

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

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

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

10. 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?

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