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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Economic Revolution.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Heilbroner think is strange about ancient civilizations?
(a) There was no plan for survival.
(b) There was no currency.
(c) There were no rulers.
(d) There were no economists.

2. In ancient society, there was no need for political economy or to see what made the economy function because it was all based on what?
(a) Religion.
(b) Markets.
(c) Money and taxes.
(d) Custom and tradition.

3. What is the most worldly of all man's activities, according to Heilbroner?
(a) The need for food.
(b) The drive for wealth.
(c) The drive for companionship.
(d) The need for religion.

4. Assigning tasks by command to ensure that all necessary tasks are performed is what type of system?
(a) Market.
(b) Tradition.
(c) Religion.
(d) Authority.

5. The new philosophy of survival with the market system brought with it what new social problem?
(a) Keeping the poor poor.
(b) Getting the poor rich.
(c) Getting the rich poor.
(d) Keeping the poor drunk.

Short Answer Questions

1. _________ is a manner of organizing society so all tasks are performed. (fill in the blank)

2. What kind of survival has man faced from the earliest days on?

3. One of the featured economists was never more than what?

4. Who is to blame for the lack of glamour in the field of economics?

5. Heilbroner begins the book by saying it is limited to a small number of men who did more for history with _________ than famous men did. (fill in the blank)

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