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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Visions of the Utopian Socialists.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What theory explains that higher wages will call forth more workers because higher wages result in better living conditions and lower mortality figures?
(a) Law of Population.
(b) Law of Accumulation.
(c) Law of Economics.
(d) Law of Assimilation.

3. John Stuart Mill's book was written when he was in his forties. What is the name of the book?
(a) Principles of Political Economy.
(b) Principles of Economic Success.
(c) Essay on the Principles of Population.
(d) The Wealth of Nations.

4. Malthus continued to work on his theory of population and the food supply and assumed that humans could double their number every _________. (fill in the blank)
(a) Twenty-five years.
(b) Twenty years.
(c) Thirty-five years.
(d) Fifty Years.

5. Economists make order out of what, in Helibroner's opinion?
(a) The abyss.
(b) Social chaos.
(c) Nothing.
(d) Money.

Short Answer Questions

1. The early days of the industrial revolution resulted in workplace abuse, especially for ___________. (fill in the blank)

2. The second stop on Heilbroner's historical journey describes the number of markets visited by one man in 1550, in what country?

3. Owen's idea called for the creation of _________. (fill in the blank)

4. What is production dependent upon?

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

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