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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The new philosophy of survival with the market system brought with it what new social problem?
(a) Getting the poor rich.
(b) Getting the rich poor.
(c) Keeping the poor poor.
(d) Keeping the poor drunk.

2. What helped bring an end to the religiousness of the population in Europe?
(a) The Italian Renaissance.
(b) Foreign exploration.
(c) The Industrial Revolution.
(d) The death of the pope.

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) Theories.
(c) War.
(d) Wealth.

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

5. Heilbroner says through his book, the reader has embarked on _________. (fill in the blank)
(a) A journey to financial wisdom.
(b) A journey through hell.
(c) A journey to wealth.
(d) A journey through history.

Short Answer Questions

1. 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?

2. Heilbroner believes economists wield power greater than _________. (fill in the blank)

3. The second stop on Heilbroner's historical journey describes the number of markets visited by one man in 1550, in what country?

4. What took care of early man's inner conflict between himself and the group?

5. What does Heilbroner think is strange about ancient civilizations?

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