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

2. Critics of Edgeworth pointed to ____________ as evidence that man did not always act on his own behalf. (fill in the blank)
(a) Trade unions.
(b) Labor laws.
(c) Farms.
(d) Factories.

3. What was Ricardo's job?
(a) Researcher.
(b) Landlord.
(c) Professor.
(d) Stockbroker.

4. Between 1870 and 1914, what percentage of English savings were invested abroad?
(a) 50%.
(b) 20%.
(c) 10%.
(d) 25%.

5. According to Malthus, how did nature control the resources of the world?
(a) Through death.
(b) Through war.
(c) Through famine.
(d) Through poverty.

Short Answer Questions

1. Adam Smith was considered a non-conformist because he refused to do what before classes?

2. What helped bring an end to the religiousness of the population in Europe?

3. What has played a central role in population control in the Western hemisphere?

4. Owen's idea was totally contrary to the doctrine of _________. (fill in the blank)

5. As imperialism waned or changed, what came into being?

(see the answer key)

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