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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. How many of the economists featured in the book made their own fortune?
(a) Seven.
(b) Four.
(c) Three.
(d) Nine.

2. What was the title of Adam Smith's first book?
(a) The Theory of Moral Philosophy.
(b) Essay on the Principles of Population.
(c) The Theory of Moral Sentiments.
(d) The Wealth of Nations.

3. What nationality was Veblen's family?
(a) Dutch.
(b) British.
(c) Norwegian.
(d) Swedish.

4. Who presented his theory of economics in Calculus of Pleasure and Pain?
(a) Frederic Bastiat.
(b) Leon Walras.
(c) Stanley Jevrons.
(d) Francis Ysidro Edgeworth.

5. Where was Veblen raised on a farm?
(a) Norway.
(b) Illinois.
(c) Minnesota.
(d) Sweden.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to Heilbroner, economists changed the world not through __________, but through power of their ideas. (fill in the blank)

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

3. Critics of Edgeworth pointed to ____________ as evidence that man did not always act on his own behalf. (fill in the blank)

4. What did Edgeworth use to support his theories?

5. What are economists considered by the rules of schoolboy history books?

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