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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is to blame for the lack of glamour in the field of economics?
(a) Citizens.
(b) Students.
(c) The press.
(d) Economists.

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

3. Heilbroner says through his book, the reader has embarked on _________. (fill in the blank)
(a) A journey through history.
(b) A journey to financial wisdom.
(c) A journey to wealth.
(d) A journey through hell.

4. According to Heilbroner, economists changed the world not through __________, but through power of their ideas. (fill in the blank)
(a) Force.
(b) Wealth.
(c) Laughter.
(d) Mischief.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. The market system was compelled largely by what idea?

3. Only because man is ___________ he has succeeded. (fill in the blank)

4. How many of the economists featured in the book made their own fortune?

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

(see the answer key)

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