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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Gloomy Presentiments of Parson Malthus and David Ricardo.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who wrote the Tableau Economique?
(a) Quesnay.
(b) Locke.
(c) Smith.
(d) Hume.

2. According to Malthus, how did nature control the resources of the world?
(a) Through famine.
(b) Through poverty.
(c) Through death.
(d) Through war.

3. The market system was compelled largely by what idea?
(a) Gain.
(b) Work.
(c) Loss.
(d) Need.

4. The economist Adam Smith lived during which time period?
(a) The Great Depression.
(b) The American Gold Rush.
(c) The American Revolution.
(d) The French Revolution.

5. At what university was Adam Smith on the faculty?
(a) University of England.
(b) Harvard.
(c) University of Glasgow.
(d) Oxford.

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

3. Adam Smith was considered a non-conformist because he refused to do what before classes?

4. Heilbroner describes a trial of a wealthy man before the church in Boston in what year?

5. _________ is a manner of organizing society so all tasks are performed. (fill in the blank)

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