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The Worldly Philosophers Test | Mid-Book Test - Medium

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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. In what year did Reverend Thomas Robert Malthus publish "An Essay on the Principle of Population as it Affects the Future Improvement of Society"?
(a) 1798.
(b) 1801.
(c) 1813.
(d) 1776.

3. What did the market system become known as?
(a) Populism.
(b) Marxism.
(c) Capitalism.
(d) Communism.

4. Pamphlets printed at the time of his work compared Malthus with whom?
(a) Satan.
(b) God.
(c) Napolean
(d) Adam Smith.

5. One of the featured economists was never more than what?
(a) A traveling salesman.
(b) A drunk.
(c) An insurance salesman.
(d) A hack.

Short Answer Questions

1. Heilbroner believes economists wield power greater than _________. (fill in the blank)

2. Dr. Richard Price felt that the population had declined by how much?

3. What was Ricardo's job?

4. Eventually the market system evolved with its necessary factors of _________ for production. (fill in the blank)

5. Malthus continued to work on his theory of population and the food supply and assumed that humans could double their number every _________. (fill in the blank)

Short Essay Questions

1. What led to the introduction of a poor-relief bill and what did it encourage?

2. What was the cause of the creation of the labor class in England?

3. Why did opponents of humanitarian legislation propose Smith's idea of laissez-faire?

4. What is the difference between markets and the market system?

5. What was the premise of Adam Smith's first book, The Theory of Moral Sentiments?

6. How did Charles Fourier propose to reorganize the Earth he believed was characterized by chaos and unhappiness?

7. Why did economics not begin with Adam Smith as many people believe?

8. What factors determine a nation's wealth, according to Adam Smith?

9. What is the proof that there is not a perfect solution to man's survival?

10. How did the Corn Laws benefit the landowners?

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