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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. 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 Economics.
(b) Law of Assimilation.
(c) Law of Accumulation.
(d) Law of Population.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. According to Mills, there would be a gradual disappearance of what?

2. At what university was Adam Smith on the faculty?

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

4. Eighteenth-century England thought the population to be somewhere around 5.5 million people, and it was not expected to double for approximately how many years?

5. What is the biggest danger facing a modern community?

Short Essay Questions

1. How did the Corn Laws benefit the landowners?

2. Why did opponents of humanitarian legislation propose Smith's idea of laissez-faire?

3. What was the mission of the Grand National labor union?

4. What does Heilbroner say is the core of economics?

5. What was Owen's idea to combat poverty?

6. What was the premise of Adam Smith's first book, The Theory of Moral Sentiments?

7. How did Charles Fourier propose to reorganize the Earth he believed was characterized by chaos and unhappiness?

8. What were the beliefs of the Saint-Simonians?

9. Why did economics not begin with Adam Smith as many people believe?

10. What is the proof that there is not a perfect solution to man's survival?

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