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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. Only because man is ___________ he has succeeded. (fill in the blank)
(a) Antisocial.
(b) Clever.
(c) Socially cooperative.
(d) Invincible.

2. At what university was Adam Smith on the faculty?
(a) Harvard.
(b) University of England.
(c) Oxford.
(d) University of Glasgow.

3. Who is to blame for the lack of glamour in the field of economics?
(a) Students.
(b) Economists.
(c) Citizens.
(d) The press.

4. What kind of survival has man faced from the earliest days on?
(a) Social.
(b) Monetary.
(c) Marital.
(d) Economic.

5. According to Heilbroner, economists changed the world not through __________, but through power of their ideas. (fill in the blank)
(a) Wealth.
(b) Force.
(c) Mischief.
(d) Laughter.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who failed to recognize the wealth creating ability of labor?

3. The first stop on Heilbroner's description of how economists became necessary to society is France in what year?

4. Pamphlets printed at the time of his work compared Malthus with whom?

5. What was Ricardo's job?

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