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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. Adam Smith left his university position to become a private tutor and traveled through which country?
(a) China.
(b) America.
(c) Russia.
(d) France.
2. Where was Adam Smith educated?
(a) University of England.
(b) Oxford.
(c) Harvard.
(d) University of Glasgow.
3. Pamphlets printed at the time of his work compared Malthus with whom?
(a) Napolean
(b) Adam Smith.
(c) Satan.
(d) God.
4. Ricardo was the son of a Jewish merchant banker from _________. (fill in the blank)
(a) Germany.
(b) England.
(c) Holland.
(d) France.
5. The first stop on Heilbroner's description of how economists became necessary to society is France in what year?
(a) 1776.
(b) 1305.
(c) 1550.
(d) 1630.
Short Answer Questions
1. Heilbroner says through his book, the reader has embarked on _________. (fill in the blank)
2. Malthus's essay earned economics the nickname _________. (fill in the blank)
3. The fact that man is _________ makes survival difficult. (fill in the blank)
4. What helped bring an end to the religiousness of the population in Europe?
5. Who failed to recognize the wealth creating ability of labor?
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