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

2. What are economists considered by the rules of schoolboy history books?
(a) Miracle workers.
(b) Gods.
(c) Princes.
(d) Nonentities.

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

4. Eventually the market system evolved with its necessary factors of _________ for production. (fill in the blank)
(a) Traditions.
(b) Land, factories, and capital.
(c) Land, labor, and capital.
(d) Religion, custom, and authority.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Heilbroner say was one of the factors bringing about the economic changes to a market system?

2. The market system was compelled largely by what idea?

3. To Heilbroner, what is the common denominator at the core of these men with diverse backgrounds?

4. According to Heilbroner, these men who have had such an impact on society are known as _________. (fill in the blank)

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

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