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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. The first stop on Heilbroner's description of how economists became necessary to society is France in what year?
(a) 1550.
(b) 1776.
(c) 1305.
(d) 1630.

2. Who wrote the Tableau Economique?
(a) Quesnay.
(b) Smith.
(c) Hume.
(d) Locke.

3. The followers of Saint-Simone proposed an end to _________. (fill in the blank)
(a) Villages of Cooperation.
(b) Democracy.
(c) Private property.
(d) Industrial production.

4. Henry George's favorite idea was called __________. (fill in the blank)
(a) The big tax.
(b) Taxation without representation.
(c) The single tax.
(d) Villages of Cooperation.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What book did Schumpeter write while working for an Egyptian princess?

2. What is the most worldly of all man's activities, according to Heilbroner?

3. Pamphlets printed at the time of his work compared Malthus with whom?

4. What theory explains that higher wages will call forth more workers because higher wages result in better living conditions and lower mortality figures?

5. The stock market crashed in what year?

(see the answer key)

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