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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. Adam Smith was considered a non-conformist because he refused to do what before classes?
(a) Dress.
(b) Lecture.
(c) Prepare.
(d) Pray.

2. The second stop on Heilbroner's historical journey describes the number of markets visited by one man in 1550, in what country?
(a) England.
(b) America.
(c) Germany.
(d) France.

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

4. How many years did it take Adam Smith to finish The Wealth of Nations?
(a) Fourteen.
(b) Twelve.
(c) Five.
(d) Three.

5. Heilbroner begins the book by saying it is limited to a small number of men who did more for history with _________ than famous men did. (fill in the blank)
(a) Theories.
(b) Power.
(c) Wealth.
(d) War.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the most worldly of all man's activities, according to Heilbroner?

2. The new philosophy of survival with the market system brought with it what new social problem?

3. What theory explains that higher wages will call forth more workers because higher wages result in better living conditions and lower mortality figures?

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

5. Malthus continued to work on his theory of population and the food supply and assumed that humans could double their number every _________. (fill in the blank)

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