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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Heilbroner think is strange about ancient civilizations?
(a) There was no plan for survival.
(b) There was no currency.
(c) There were no economists.
(d) There were no rulers.

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

3. Where was New Harmony located?
(a) New York.
(b) Indiana.
(c) Manchester.
(d) London.

4. Assigning tasks by command to ensure that all necessary tasks are performed is what type of system?
(a) Authority.
(b) Tradition.
(c) Market.
(d) Religion.

5. Heilbroner describes a trial of a wealthy man before the church in Boston in what year?
(a) 1776.
(b) 1639.
(c) 1550.
(d) 1305.

6. What year did Ricardo die?
(a) 1834.
(b) 1924.
(c) 1823.
(d) 1901.

7. What helped bring an end to the religiousness of the population in Europe?
(a) The death of the pope.
(b) The Italian Renaissance.
(c) Foreign exploration.
(d) The Industrial Revolution.

8. Adam Smith left his university position to become a private tutor and traveled through which country?
(a) America.
(b) China.
(c) France.
(d) Russia.

9. What year was The Wealth of Nations published?
(a) 1759.
(b) 1758.
(c) 1723.
(d) 1776.

10. What is the most worldly of all man's activities, according to Heilbroner?
(a) The drive for companionship.
(b) The need for religion.
(c) The drive for wealth.
(d) The need for food.

11. What is the biggest danger facing a modern community?
(a) Human predictability.
(b) Excommunication.
(c) Human unpredictability.
(d) Economics.

12. According to Malthus, the size of the population is limited by what?
(a) Land.
(b) Wealth.
(c) Food supply.
(d) Production.

13. By what decade was Malthus proved wrong?
(a) 1970's.
(b) 1990's.
(c) 1950's.
(d) 1980's.

14. Which legislation resulted in duties on grain imports and remained in effect for thirty years?
(a) Wheat Laws.
(b) British Market Laws.
(c) Corn Laws.
(d) Parliment Laws.

15. The fact that man is _________ makes survival difficult. (fill in the blank)
(a) Self-centered.
(b) Clever.
(c) Antisocial.
(d) A slow learner.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who started New Lanark?

2. Adam Smith was a lecturer in what area?

3. It is the forces of ______ that make the market function according to Adam Smith. (fill in the blank)

4. The early days of the industrial revolution resulted in workplace abuse, especially for ___________. (fill in the blank)

5. The second stop on Heilbroner's historical journey describes the number of markets visited by one man in 1550, in what country?

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