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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Wonderful World of Adam Smith.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Smith was a firm believer in _______________, or leave the market alone. (fill in the blank)
(a) Macroeconomics.
(b) Laissez-faire.
(c) Agricracy.
(d) Physiocracy.

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

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

4. What took care of early man's inner conflict between himself and the group?
(a) The elders.
(b) Medicine.
(c) The environment.
(d) Psychiatry.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What did the market system become known as?

2. Who wrote the Tableau Economique?

3. The economist Adam Smith lived during which time period?

4. Where was Adam Smith educated?

5. Most of the featured economists could never master _________. (fill in the blank)

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