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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 was Ricardo's job?
(a) Stockbroker.
(b) Landlord.
(c) Professor.
(d) Researcher.

2. What describes how investment can lead to greater output?
(a) Law of Economics.
(b) Law of Population.
(c) Law of Assimilation.
(d) Law of Accumulation.

3. What is the most worldly of all man's activities, according to Heilbroner?
(a) The need for religion.
(b) The drive for companionship.
(c) The drive for wealth.
(d) The need for food.

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

5. Heilbroner believes economists wield power greater than _________. (fill in the blank)
(a) Kings.
(b) Armies.
(c) Sword and scepter.
(d) God.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to Heilbroner, economists changed the world not through __________, but through power of their ideas. (fill in the blank)

2. Who wrote the Tableau Economique?

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

4. To Heilbroner, what is the common denominator at the core of these men with diverse backgrounds?

5. In ancient society, there was no need for political economy or to see what made the economy function because it was all based on what?

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