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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Heresies of John Maynard Keynes.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. By what decade was Malthus proved wrong?
(a) 1970's.
(b) 1990's.
(c) 1980's.
(d) 1950's.

2. _________ is concerned with finding some reason for the cosmos. (fill in the blank)
(a) Religion.
(b) Ethics.
(c) Moral Philosophy.
(d) Natural Theology.

3. What were the economic thinkers of the Victorian period known as?
(a) The underground of economics.
(b) Political economists.
(c) Mathematicians.
(d) Socialists.

4. By what year had crops reached near famine levels in England?
(a) 1798.
(b) 1776.
(c) 1813.
(d) 1801.

5. Only because man is ___________ he has succeeded. (fill in the blank)
(a) Clever.
(b) Antisocial.
(c) Invincible.
(d) Socially cooperative.

Short Answer Questions

1. Adam Smith left his university position to become a private tutor and traveled through which country?

2. The Communist Manifesto first appeared in what year?

3. Veblen's book earned him a reputation as a __________. (fill in the blank)

4. The Victorian period marked the beginning of what important movement?

5. What helped bring an end to the religiousness of the population in Europe?

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