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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. The second stop on Heilbroner's historical journey describes the number of markets visited by one man in 1550, in what country?
(a) France.
(b) Germany.
(c) America.
(d) England.

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

3. What has played a central role in population control in the Western hemisphere?
(a) Disease.
(b) Governments.
(c) Birth control.
(d) War.

4. The economist Adam Smith lived during which time period?
(a) The American Gold Rush.
(b) The Great Depression.
(c) The French Revolution.
(d) The American Revolution.

5. In what year did Reverend Thomas Robert Malthus publish "An Essay on the Principle of Population as it Affects the Future Improvement of Society"?
(a) 1813.
(b) 1801.
(c) 1798.
(d) 1776.

Short Answer Questions

1. Heilbroner describes a trial of a wealthy man before the church in Boston in what year?

2. What did all of the these economists do?

3. What year did Ricardo die?

4. _________ was based on true wealth only being created in agriculture. (fill in the blank)

5. What was Ricardo's job?

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