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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. What describes how investment can lead to greater output?
(a) Law of Accumulation.
(b) Law of Population.
(c) Law of Assimilation.
(d) Law of Economics.

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

3. Adam Smith defined wealth in terms of what?
(a) Land.
(b) Produce.
(c) Goods.
(d) Gold.

4. Malthus's essay earned economics the nickname _________. (fill in the blank)
(a) Wealth science.
(b) Population science.
(c) Dismal science.
(d) Death science.

5. What year did Ricardo die?
(a) 1823.
(b) 1901.
(c) 1834.
(d) 1924.

Short Answer Questions

1. Adam Smith was a lecturer in what area?

2. The mistakes of economist are nothing short of _________. (fill in the blank)

3. Heilbroner says through his book, the reader has embarked on _________. (fill in the blank)

4. At what university was Adam Smith on the faculty?

5. Who failed to recognize the wealth creating ability of labor?

(see the answer key)

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