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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Behind the Worldly Philosophy.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was the keynote to Thorstein Veblen's life?
(a) A sense of humor.
(b) Alienation from society.
(c) Hard work.
(d) Eloquent speeches.

2. What year did the British Labor Movement begin?
(a) 1776.
(b) 1778.
(c) 1833.
(d) 1801.

3. Heilbroner believes economists wield power greater than _________. (fill in the blank)
(a) Kings.
(b) God.
(c) Armies.
(d) Sword and scepter.

4. What nationality is Karl Marx?
(a) French.
(b) Brittish.
(c) German.
(d) American.

5. Who failed to recognize the wealth creating ability of labor?
(a) Quesnay.
(b) Locke.
(c) Hume.
(d) Smith.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. In what year did Keynes publish his Tract on Monetary Reform?

3. Where was Joseph Schumpeter born?

4. Only because man is ___________ he has succeeded. (fill in the blank)

5. Marx's radicalism was ____________ rather than political. (fill in the blank)

(see the answer key)

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