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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. Owen's idea was totally contrary to the doctrine of _________. (fill in the blank)
(a) The Law of Accumulation.
(b) Physiocracy.
(c) Laissez-faire.
(d) Democracy.

2. At the beginning of the 1800's, England had two strong classes emerge; an _________ class and an agricultural class. (fill in the blank)
(a) Landowner.
(b) Urban.
(c) Wealthy.
(d) Industrial.

3. Heilbroner believes economists wield power greater than _________. (fill in the blank)
(a) God.
(b) Armies.
(c) Kings.
(d) Sword and scepter.

4. According to Marx, workers are paid _________. (fill in the blank)
(a) Profits.
(b) A pitence.
(c) Surplus value.
(d) Subsistence wages.

5. By what year had crops reached near famine levels in England?
(a) 1798.
(b) 1776.
(c) 1813.
(d) 1801.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What year was The Wealth of Nations published?

3. What did Malthus believe was the basic trouble with the world?

4. What was the name of the publication of Engels' impressions after working for his father's textile business in England?

5. It was rumored that Veblen was fluent in how many languages?

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