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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Gloomy Presentiments of Parson Malthus and David Ricardo.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. It is the forces of ______ that make the market function according to Adam Smith. (fill in the blank)
(a) Wealth.
(b) Gold.
(c) Nature.
(d) Competition.

2. At what university was Adam Smith on the faculty?
(a) University of England.
(b) Oxford.
(c) Harvard.
(d) University of Glasgow.

3. What took care of early man's inner conflict between himself and the group?
(a) The elders.
(b) Medicine.
(c) The environment.
(d) Psychiatry.

4. 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) Urban.
(d) Wealthy.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What did all of the these economists do?

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

3. Adam Smith was a lecturer in what area?

4. Who wrote the Tableau Economique?

5. Ricardo was the son of a Jewish merchant banker from _________. (fill in the blank)

(see the answer key)

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