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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Heilbroner describes a trial of a wealthy man before the church in Boston in what year?
(a) 1639.
(b) 1550.
(c) 1776.
(d) 1305.

2. To Heilbroner, what is the common denominator at the core of these men with diverse backgrounds?
(a) Intellect.
(b) Greed.
(c) Wisdom.
(d) Curiosity.

3. What kind of survival has man faced from the earliest days on?
(a) Social.
(b) Marital.
(c) Monetary.
(d) Economic.

4. What did Heilbroner say was one of the factors bringing about the economic changes to a market system?
(a) The Industrial Revolution.
(b) Foreign exploration.
(c) The end of religion.
(d) The growth of factories.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What did all of the these economists do?

3. Heilbroner says the work of economist is both exciting and _________. (fill in the blank)

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

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

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