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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. Veblen was fascinated with how society was dominated by __________. (fill in the blank)
(a) Greed.
(b) Wealth.
(c) The upperclass.
(d) The machine.

2. John Stuart Mill's book was written when he was in his forties. What is the name of the book?
(a) Principles of Economic Success.
(b) The Wealth of Nations.
(c) Essay on the Principles of Population.
(d) Principles of Political Economy.

3. Malthus's essay earned economics the nickname _________. (fill in the blank)
(a) Wealth science.
(b) Death science.
(c) Dismal science.
(d) Population science.

4. What theory explains that higher wages will call forth more workers because higher wages result in better living conditions and lower mortality figures?
(a) Law of Population.
(b) Law of Accumulation.
(c) Law of Assimilation.
(d) Law of Economics.

5. Francis Ysidro Edgeworth was a graduate of what university?
(a) The School of Economic Thought.
(b) Yale.
(c) Harvard.
(d) Oxford.

Short Answer Questions

1. Eventually the market system evolved with its necessary factors of _________ for production. (fill in the blank)

2. According to Ricardo, which class was the only class in English society which could benefit from its hold on grain prices?

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

4. The followers of Saint-Simone proposed an end to _________. (fill in the blank)

5. The outright fraud used by wealthy Americans was referred to in publications as __________. (fill in the blank)

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