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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Wonderful World of Adam Smith.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Adam Smith was considered a non-conformist because he refused to do what before classes?
(a) Lecture.
(b) Prepare.
(c) Pray.
(d) Dress.

2. The mistakes of economist are nothing short of _________. (fill in the blank)
(a) Rare.
(b) Impossible.
(c) Calamitous.
(d) Inconsequential.

3. What did all of the these economists do?
(a) Wrote a book.
(b) Never married.
(c) Influenced a king.
(d) Died penniless.

4. _________ is a manner of organizing society so all tasks are performed. (fill in the blank)
(a) Religion.
(b) Self-reliance.
(c) Social compatibility.
(d) Tradition.

5. What kind of survival has man faced from the earliest days on?
(a) Economic.
(b) Marital.
(c) Monetary.
(d) Social.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where was Adam Smith educated?

2. 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)

3. At what university was Adam Smith on the faculty?

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

5. Adam Smith left his university position to become a private tutor and traveled through which country?

(see the answer key)

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