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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 was the title of Veblen's first book?
(a) The Theory of the Leisure Class.
(b) The Politics of Economics.
(c) The Theory of Business Enterprise.
(d) The Condition of the Working Class.

2. Marx's radicalism was ____________ rather than political. (fill in the blank)
(a) Educational.
(b) Philosophical.
(c) Theoretical.
(d) Religious.

3. According to The Communist Manifesto, what would be a transition period followed by pure Communism?
(a) Phalansterism.
(b) Capitalism.
(c) Populism.
(d) Socialism.

4. Heilbroner describes a trial of a wealthy man before the church in Boston in what year?
(a) 1305.
(b) 1776.
(c) 1639.
(d) 1550.

5. The outright fraud used by wealthy Americans was referred to in publications as __________. (fill in the blank)
(a) Enterprise.
(b) Business as usual.
(c) Consumption.
(d) Greed.

Short Answer Questions

1. What year did Veblen die?

2. To Heilbroner, what is the common denominator at the core of these men with diverse backgrounds?

3. Who does Veblen present as the saboteur of capitalism?

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

5. Adam Smith left his university position to become a private tutor and traveled through which country?

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