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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. The second stop on Heilbroner's historical journey describes the number of markets visited by one man in 1550, in what country?
(a) England.
(b) America.
(c) France.
(d) Germany.

2. According to Engels and Marx, what does "dialectical" mean?
(a) Change.
(b) Chance.
(c) Diverse.
(d) Discussion.

3. The followers of Saint-Simone proposed an end to _________. (fill in the blank)
(a) Democracy.
(b) Industrial production.
(c) Villages of Cooperation.
(d) Private property.

4. According to The Communist Manifesto, what would be a transition period followed by pure Communism?
(a) Populism.
(b) Capitalism.
(c) Phalansterism.
(d) Socialism.

5. According to Marx, which class had something to fear?
(a) The working class.
(b) The foreign class.
(c) The farming class.
(d) The ruling class.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the title of Veblen's first book?

2. The fact that man is _________ makes survival difficult. (fill in the blank)

3. Pamphlets printed at the time of his work compared Malthus with whom?

4. Adam Smith defined wealth in terms of what?

5. By what year had crops reached near famine levels in England?

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