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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. What are economists considered by the rules of schoolboy history books?
(a) Nonentities.
(b) Princes.
(c) Miracle workers.
(d) Gods.

2. According to Heilbroner, these men who have had such an impact on society are known as _________. (fill in the blank)
(a) The Money Makers.
(b) The Miracle Workers.
(c) The Great Economists.
(d) The Nine Influences.

3. According to Engels and Marx, what does "dialectical" mean?
(a) Diverse.
(b) Chance.
(c) Discussion.
(d) Change.

4. How many years did it take Adam Smith to finish The Wealth of Nations?
(a) Five.
(b) Three.
(c) Fourteen.
(d) Twelve.

5. The stock market crashed in what year?
(a) 1930.
(b) 1932.
(c) 1929.
(d) 1927.

Short Answer Questions

1. Assigning tasks by command to ensure that all necessary tasks are performed is what type of system?

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

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

4. According to Marx, which class had something to fear?

5. In what year did Reverend Thomas Robert Malthus publish "An Essay on the Principle of Population as it Affects the Future Improvement of Society"?

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