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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Economic Revolution.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Economists make order out of what, in Helibroner's opinion?
(a) Money.
(b) Social chaos.
(c) The abyss.
(d) Nothing.

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

3. One of the featured economists was never more than what?
(a) An insurance salesman.
(b) A hack.
(c) A drunk.
(d) A traveling salesman.

4. 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?
(a) Money and taxes.
(b) Custom and tradition.
(c) Religion.
(d) Markets.

5. Most of the featured economists could never master _________. (fill in the blank)
(a) The social world.
(b) Wall Street.
(c) Their personal finances.
(d) Their personal lives.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many of the economists featured in the book made their own fortune?

2. Who is to blame for the lack of glamour in the field of economics?

3. Only because man is ___________ he has succeeded. (fill in the blank)

4. The fact that man is _________ makes survival difficult. (fill in the blank)

5. The mistakes of economist are nothing short of _________. (fill in the blank)

(see the answer key)

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