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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. At what university was Adam Smith on the faculty?
(a) Harvard.
(b) Oxford.
(c) University of England.
(d) University of Glasgow.

2. _________ was based on true wealth only being created in agriculture. (fill in the blank)
(a) Macroeconomics.
(b) Laissez-faire.
(c) Physiocracy.
(d) Agricracy.

3. What took care of early man's inner conflict between himself and the group?
(a) Psychiatry.
(b) Medicine.
(c) The environment.
(d) The elders.

4. The economist Adam Smith lived during which time period?
(a) The French Revolution.
(b) The American Revolution.
(c) The Great Depression.
(d) The American Gold Rush.

5. What did Malthus believe was the basic trouble with the world?
(a) Too many people.
(b) Too much war.
(c) Too many landowners.
(d) Too few jobs.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to Engels and Marx, what does "dialectical" mean?

2. According to Mills, there would be a gradual disappearance of what?

3. The society that Marx believed would follow capitalism would be _________. (fill in the blank)

4. What was the keynote to Thorstein Veblen's life?

5. Hobson's views fit right into the views of whom?

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