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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Victorian World and the Underworld of Economics.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. By what year had crops reached near famine levels in England?
(a) 1798.
(b) 1813.
(c) 1776.
(d) 1801.

2. In what year did Reverend Thomas Robert Malthus publish "An Essay on the Principle of Population as it Affects the Future Improvement of Society"?
(a) 1798.
(b) 1813.
(c) 1801.
(d) 1776.

3. What did Malthus believe was the basic trouble with the world?
(a) Too many people.
(b) Too many landowners.
(c) Too few jobs.
(d) Too much war.

4. Because John A. Hobson was labeled as a __________, he turned his attention to South Africa. (fill in the blank)
(a) Communist.
(b) Heretic.
(c) Fantasizer.
(d) Genius.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Where was New Harmony located?

2. While in prison, who did Saint-Simone claim appeared to him, telling him to become a philosopher?

3. What was the length of the common workday during the early days of the Industrial Revolution?

4. What was Henry George a believer in?

5. John Stuart Mill's book was written when he was in his forties. What is the name of the book?

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