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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Savage Society of Thorstein Veblen.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Adam Smith was a lecturer in what area?
(a) Religion.
(b) Religious Science.
(c) Moral Philosophy.
(d) Economic Philosphy.

3. The mistakes of economist are nothing short of _________. (fill in the blank)
(a) Rare.
(b) Inconsequential.
(c) Calamitous.
(d) Impossible.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What year did Veblen die?

2. The followers of Saint-Simone proposed an end to _________. (fill in the blank)

3. Which legislation resulted in duties on grain imports and remained in effect for thirty years?

4. Ricardo was the son of a Jewish merchant banker from _________. (fill in the blank)

5. Eighteenth-century England thought the population to be somewhere around 5.5 million people, and it was not expected to double for approximately how many years?

(see the answer key)

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