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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Heresies of John Maynard Keynes.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In what year did Reverend Thomas Robert Malthus publish "An Essay on the Principle of Population as it Affects the Future Improvement of Society"?
(a) 1798.
(b) 1801.
(c) 1813.
(d) 1776.

2. During the Victorian period, economics became the province of __________. (fill in the blank)
(a) Landowners.
(b) Professors.
(c) Lawyers.
(d) Politicians.

3. When investment is less than ___________ , there is depression. (fill in the blank)
(a) Income.
(b) Savings.
(c) Output.
(d) Spending.

4. It was rumored that Veblen was fluent in how many languages?
(a) 26.
(b) 22.
(c) 7.
(d) 16.

5. The period that followed the stock market crash is referred to as __________. (fill in the blank)
(a) The Great Recession.
(b) The Great Depression.
(c) The Golden Age.
(d) The Fall of Mankind.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many years did it take Marx to write Capital?

2. What did President Hoover think would be banished from the nation in the late 1920's?

3. What describes how investment can lead to greater output?

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

5. Economists make order out of what, in Helibroner's opinion?

(see the answer key)

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