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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. What are economists considered by the rules of schoolboy history books?
(a) Nonentities.
(b) Princes.
(c) Miracle workers.
(d) Gods.

2. According to Heilbroner, these men who have had such an impact on society are known as _________. (fill in the blank)
(a) The Miracle Workers.
(b) The Great Economists.
(c) The Nine Influences.
(d) The Money Makers.

3. How many of the economists featured in the book made their own fortune?
(a) Seven.
(b) Three.
(c) Nine.
(d) Four.

4. _________ was based on true wealth only being created in agriculture. (fill in the blank)
(a) Agricracy.
(b) Physiocracy.
(c) Laissez-faire.
(d) Macroeconomics.

5. Eighteenth-century England thought the population to be somewhere around 5.5 million people, and it was not expected to double for approximately how many years?
(a) Seven hundred years.
(b) Five hundred years.
(c) Two hundred years.
(d) Six hundred years.

Short Answer Questions

1. Dr. Richard Price felt that the population had declined by how much?

2. Most of the featured economists could never master _________. (fill in the blank)

3. Adam Smith defined wealth in terms of what?

4. Adam Smith was considered a non-conformist because he refused to do what before classes?

5. It is the forces of ______ that make the market function according to Adam Smith. (fill in the blank)

(see the answer key)

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