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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Gloomy Presentiments of Parson Malthus and David Ricardo.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. According to Malthus, the size of the population is limited by what?
(a) Production.
(b) Land.
(c) Wealth.
(d) Food supply.

2. What helped bring an end to the religiousness of the population in Europe?
(a) The death of the pope.
(b) The Industrial Revolution.
(c) The Italian Renaissance.
(d) Foreign exploration.

3. The first stop on Heilbroner's description of how economists became necessary to society is France in what year?
(a) 1305.
(b) 1776.
(c) 1630.
(d) 1550.

4. Adam Smith was considered a non-conformist because he refused to do what before classes?
(a) Lecture.
(b) Prepare.
(c) Pray.
(d) Dress.

5. Adam Smith defined wealth in terms of what?
(a) Gold.
(b) Produce.
(c) Land.
(d) Goods.

Short Answer Questions

1. What are economists considered by the rules of schoolboy history books?

2. _________ is concerned with finding some reason for the cosmos. (fill in the blank)

3. Smith was a firm believer in _______________, or leave the market alone. (fill in the blank)

4. One of the featured economists was never more than what?

5. According to Ricardo, which class was the only class in English society which could benefit from its hold on grain prices?

(see the answer key)

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