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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Savage Society of Thorstein Veblen.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Who wrote the Tableau Economique?
(a) Hume.
(b) Locke.
(c) Smith.
(d) Quesnay.

3. Veblen's family sent him to college to become __________. (fill in the blank)
(a) A lawyer.
(b) A teacher.
(c) A minister.
(d) A doctor.

4. Heilbroner describes a trial of a wealthy man before the church in Boston in what year?
(a) 1639.
(b) 1776.
(c) 1305.
(d) 1550.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. In The Wealth of Nations, _________ are used as examples of how the market functions. (fill in the blank)

2. According to Marx, workers are paid _________. (fill in the blank)

3. In what year did Reverend Thomas Robert Malthus publish "An Essay on the Principle of Population as it Affects the Future Improvement of Society"?

4. What is the biggest danger facing a modern community?

5. In Mills' model, wages would rise as a result of accumulation of capital. Eventually, the accumulation process would come to an end and enter what stage?

(see the answer key)

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