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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Contradictions of Joseph Schumpeter.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many of the economists featured in the book made their own fortune?
(a) Four.
(b) Three.
(c) Nine.
(d) Seven.

2. The outright fraud used by wealthy Americans was referred to in publications as __________. (fill in the blank)
(a) Enterprise.
(b) Business as usual.
(c) Consumption.
(d) Greed.

3. 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) Power.
(b) Wealth.
(c) Theories.
(d) War.

4. Adam Smith left his university position to become a private tutor and traveled through which country?
(a) France.
(b) China.
(c) America.
(d) Russia.

5. Adam Smith was a lecturer in what area?
(a) Moral Philosophy.
(b) Religious Science.
(c) Religion.
(d) Economic Philosphy.

Short Answer Questions

1. Robert Owen wanted to bring an end to what?

2. Smith was a firm believer in _______________, or leave the market alone. (fill in the blank)

3. 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)

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

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

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