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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Victorian World and the Underworld of Economics.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. At the beginning of the 1800's, England had two strong classes emerge; an _________ class and an agricultural class. (fill in the blank)
(a) Industrial.
(b) Landowner.
(c) Wealthy.
(d) Urban.
2. Ricardo was the son of a Jewish merchant banker from _________. (fill in the blank)
(a) England.
(b) Holland.
(c) France.
(d) Germany.
3. Henry George's favorite idea was called __________. (fill in the blank)
(a) The big tax.
(b) Taxation without representation.
(c) Villages of Cooperation.
(d) The single tax.
4. Francis Ysidro Edgeworth was a graduate of what university?
(a) Harvard.
(b) Yale.
(c) Oxford.
(d) The School of Economic Thought.
5. As imperialism waned or changed, what came into being?
(a) Tarriffs.
(b) Free trade.
(c) Imminent domain.
(d) Multinational corporations.
Short Answer Questions
1. What did Edgeworth use to support his theories?
2. During the Victorian period, economics became the province of __________. (fill in the blank)
3. The first stop on Heilbroner's description of how economists became necessary to society is France in what year?
4. Adam Smith defined wealth in terms of what?
5. Adam Smith left his university position to become a private tutor and traveled through which country?
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