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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Visions of the Utopian Socialists.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who wrote the Tableau Economique?
(a) Locke.
(b) Hume.
(c) Quesnay.
(d) Smith.

2. What has played a central role in population control in the Western hemisphere?
(a) Birth control.
(b) Disease.
(c) Governments.
(d) War.

3. Mill's book pointed out that the true province of economic law was production, not _________. (fill in the blank)
(a) Distribution.
(b) Wages.
(c) Profits.
(d) Factories.

4. Smith was a firm believer in _______________, or leave the market alone. (fill in the blank)
(a) Agricracy.
(b) Macroeconomics.
(c) Physiocracy.
(d) Laissez-faire.

5. The economist Adam Smith lived during which time period?
(a) The French Revolution.
(b) The Great Depression.
(c) The American Revolution.
(d) The American Gold Rush.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to Malthus, the size of the population is limited by what?

2. Heilbroner believes economists wield power greater than _________. (fill in the blank)

3. Assigning tasks by command to ensure that all necessary tasks are performed is what type of system?

4. Adam Smith left his university position to become a private tutor and traveled through which country?

5. What year did Ricardo die?

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