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

2. Francis Ysidro Edgeworth was a graduate of what university?
(a) Harvard.
(b) Yale.
(c) The School of Economic Thought.
(d) Oxford.

3. Dr. Richard Price felt that the population had declined by how much?
(a) 30%.
(b) 50%.
(c) 10%.
(d) 20%.

4. What was the title of Adam Smith's first book?
(a) The Theory of Moral Philosophy.
(b) The Theory of Moral Sentiments.
(c) The Wealth of Nations.
(d) Essay on the Principles of Population.

5. What was detested by factory workers in the late 1700's?
(a) Managers.
(b) Mills.
(c) Baths.
(d) Machinery.

Short Answer Questions

1. During the Victorian era, the field of study became known as economics and not ___________. (fill in the blank)

2. What was Henry George a believer in?

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

4. What year did the British Labor Movement begin?

5. Owen's idea called for the creation of _________. (fill in the blank)

(see the answer key)

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