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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Behind the Worldly Philosophy.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Keynes was involved in what important conference after World War II?
(a) Conference at Vienna.
(b) Bretton Woods.
(c) Peace Conference.
(d) United Nations.

2. Who started New Lanark?
(a) Robert Owen.
(b) Count Henri de Rouvroy de Saint-Simone.
(c) Charles Fourier.
(d) The Duke of York.

3. Most of the featured economists could never master _________. (fill in the blank)
(a) Their personal lives.
(b) The social world.
(c) Their personal finances.
(d) Wall Street.

4. Keynes felt the business cycles had to be countered by __________. (fill in the blank)
(a) Government intervention.
(b) Higher wages.
(c) Leaving the markets alone.
(d) Private investors.

5. Where was Adam Smith educated?
(a) Oxford.
(b) University of England.
(c) University of Glasgow.
(d) Harvard.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Where did Keynes attend college?

3. The period that followed the stock market crash is referred to as __________. (fill in the blank)

4. What was the name of Marx's devoted wife?

5. During the Victorian era, the field of study became known as economics and not ___________. (fill in the blank)

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