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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. While in prison, who did Saint-Simone claim appeared to him, telling him to become a philosopher?
(a) George Washington.
(b) Adam Smith.
(c) God.
(d) Charlemagne.

2. Who sent a letter to his business associates threatening to ruin them?
(a) William Rockefeller.
(b) J. Pierpont Morgan.
(c) Henry Rogers.
(d) Cornelius Vanderbilt.

3. Most of the featured economists could never master _________. (fill in the blank)
(a) Their personal finances.
(b) The social world.
(c) Their personal lives.
(d) Wall Street.

4. What does Heilbroner think is strange about ancient civilizations?
(a) There was no plan for survival.
(b) There were no economists.
(c) There were no rulers.
(d) There was no currency.

5. Ricardo was the son of a Jewish merchant banker from _________. (fill in the blank)
(a) France.
(b) Holland.
(c) England.
(d) Germany.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was Ricardo's job?

2. The time period Veblen analyzes is referred to as __________. (fill in the blank)

3. What is the most worldly of all man's activities, according to Heilbroner?

4. Francis Ysidro Edgeworth was a graduate of what university?

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?

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