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Foundations of Macroeconomics 5Th Edition Bade Test Bank Full Chapter PDF
Foundations of Macroeconomics 5Th Edition Bade Test Bank Full Chapter PDF
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4) Economic growth is defined as equal to the increase in
A) employment.
B) population.
C) real GDP.
D) the price level.
E) the inflation rate.
Answer: C
Topic: Economic growth
Skill: Level 1: Definition
Section: Checkpoint 9.1
Status: AA
AACSB: Reflective thinking
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7) The growth rate of real GDP equals
A) [(employment in the current year - employment in previous year)/employment in previous
year] × 100.
B) [(real GDP in current year - real GDP in previous year) ÷ real GDP in previous year] × 100.
C) [(real GDP in previous year - real GDP in current year) ÷ real GDP in previous year] × 100.
D) [(real GDP in current year - real GDP in previous year) ÷ real GDP in current year] × 100.
E) (real GDP in current year - real GDP in previous year) × 100.
Answer: B
Topic: Economic growth
Skill: Level 1: Definition
Section: Checkpoint 9.1
Status: DMC
AACSB: Analytical reasoning
8) If real GDP was $14 trillion last year and is $16 trillion this year, what is the growth rate?
A) 12.5 percent
B) -12.5 percent
C) 14 percent
D) $2 trillion
E) 47 percent
Answer: C
Topic: Calculating growth rates
Skill: Level 2: Using definitions
Section: Checkpoint 9.1
Status: CD new
AACSB: Analytical reasoning
9) Suppose France's real GDP grew from $750 billion in 2008 to $821 billion in 2009. What was
the growth rate of France's real GDP?
A) 10 percent
B) 9.5 percent
C) 9.1 percent
D) 8.6 percent
E) $71 billion
Answer: B
Topic: Growth rate
Skill: Level 2: Using definitions
Section: Checkpoint 9.1
Status: CD new
AACSB: Analytical reasoning
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10) If U.S. real GDP in 2007 was $13.25 trillion and U.S. real GDP in 2008 was $13.31 trillion,
what was the economic growth rate of the United States during this period?
A) 18 percent
B) -1.36 percent
C) 1.36 percent
D) 6.9 percent
E) $1.8 trillion
Answer: C
Topic: Calculating growth rates
Skill: Level 2: Using definitions
Section: Checkpoint 9.1
Status: CD new
AACSB: Analytical reasoning
11) If real GDP in year 1 is $72 million and real GDP in year 2 is $87 million, then the growth
rate of real GDP is
A) 15 percent.
B) $15 million.
C) 20.8 percent.
D) 17 percent.
E) 83 percent.
Answer: C
Topic: Calculating growth rates
Skill: Level 2: Using definitions
Section: Checkpoint 9.1
Status: CD new
AACSB: Analytical reasoning
12) In 2008, real GDP in the United States was $13,312 billion. In 2009, real GDP in the United
States was $13,112 billion. What was the U.S. economic growth rate from 2008 to 2009?
A) -1.5 percent
B) 1.5 percent
C) 0.98 percent
D) 0.12 percent
E) $200 million
Answer: A
Topic: Growth rate
Skill: Level 2: Using definitions
Section: Checkpoint 9.1
Status: CD new
AACSB: Analytical reasoning
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13) Using the data in the table above, the growth rate of real GDP for 2008 is equal to
A) 9.09 percent.
B) 7.00 percent.
C) 5.00 percent.
D) 4.76 percent.
E) 10.0 percent.
Answer: B
Topic: Calculating growth rates
Skill: Level 2: Using definitions
Section: Checkpoint 9.1
Status: CD new
AACSB: Analytical reasoning
14) Using the data in the table above, real GDP per person in 2007 is
A) $70,000.
B) $71,429.
C) $75,000.
D) $70 trillion.
E) 7 percent.
Answer: A
Topic: Calculating growth rates
Skill: Level 2: Using definitions
Section: Checkpoint 9.1
Status: CD new
AACSB: Analytical reasoning
15) Using the data in the table above, the growth rate of real GDP has
A) increased from year to year.
B) increased more rapidly from year to year.
C) remained constant from year to year.
D) slowed from year to year.
E) probably changed, but more information is needed about the price level to determine by how
much it has changed.
Answer: A
Topic: Calculating growth rates
Skill: Level 3: Using models
Section: Checkpoint 9.1
Status: CD new
AACSB: Analytical reasoning
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16) Suppose India wants to measure how much the standard of living has changed over the last
decade. Which piece of data should India use?
A) population.
B) real GDP per person.
C) real GDP.
D) wages.
E) inflation.
Answer: B
Topic: Standard of living
Skill: Level 1: Definition
Section: Checkpoint 9.1
Status: CD new
AACSB: Reflective thinking
17) To measure the change in the standard of living, it is best to use the growth rate
A) from the Rule of 70.
B) of real GDP.
C) of the population.
D) of real GDP per person.
E) of the price level.
Answer: D
Topic: Standard of living
Skill: Level 1: Definition
Section: Checkpoint 9.1
Status: NU
AACSB: Reflective thinking
18) In growth theory, the change in a country's standard of living is measured by the change in
A) real GDP per person.
B) real GDP.
C) the nation's capital stock.
D) wages per person.
E) employment.
Answer: A
Topic: Standard of living
Skill: Level 2: Using definitions
Section: Checkpoint 9.1
Status: WM
AACSB: Reflective thinking
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19) A measure of growth in the standard of living is the growth in
A) real GDP.
B) population.
C) real GDP minus the growth in population.
D) population minus the growth in real GDP.
E) employment.
Answer: C
Topic: Standard of living
Skill: Level 3: Using models
Section: Checkpoint 9.1
Status: WM
AACSB: Reflective thinking
21) The growth rate of real GDP per person equals the
A) population growth rate plus the growth rate of real GDP.
B) change in the economic growth rate divided by the change in the population growth rate.
C) the economic growth rate per person divided by the change in the population growth rate.
D) growth rate of real GDP minus the growth rate of the population.
E) population growth rate plus the growth rate of real GDP then divided by the initial level of
real GDP.
Answer: D
Topic: Growth rate, real GDP per person
Skill: Level 1: Definition
Section: Checkpoint 9.1
Status: AA
AACSB: Reflective thinking
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22) If real GDP grows at a faster rate than does population, then the standard of living, as
measured by real GDP per person,
A) improves.
B) worsens.
C) remains the same.
D) cannot be measured.
E) either improves, worsens, or stays the same, depending on the size of the population and the
actual level of real GDP.
Answer: A
Topic: Growth rate, real GDP per person
Skill: Level 2: Using definitions
Section: Checkpoint 9.1
Status: CD new
AACSB: Reflective thinking
23) The population in the current year is 31.5 million and the real GDP is $814 million. The
previous year's statistics were a population of 31 million and a real GDP of $800 million. The
change in the standard of living, measured by growth in real GDP per person, is
A) 1.6 percent.
B) 7.75 percent.
C) 4.3 percent.
D) 6 percent.
E) 0 percent.
Answer: C
Topic: Growth rate, real GDP per person
Skill: Level 3: Using models
Section: Checkpoint 9.1
Status: CD new
AACSB: Analytical reasoning
24) Assume the population growth rate is 2 percent and the real GDP growth rate is 5 percent.
The change in standard of living, as measured by the growth rate in real GDP per person, is
A) 7 percent.
B) 2.5 percent.
C) 5 percent.
D) 3 percent.
E) -3 percent.
Answer: D
Topic: Growth rate, real GDP per person
Skill: Level 3: Using models
Section: Checkpoint 9.1
Status: WM
AACSB: Analytical reasoning
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25) Real GDP in the country of Oz is growing at 5 percent and its population is growing at 2
percent. In the country of Lilliput, real GDP is growing at 4 percent and its population is growing
at 0.5 percent. Thus,
A) real GDP per person in Oz is growing at a faster rate than in Lilliput.
B) real GDP per person in Lilliput is growing at a faster rate than in Oz.
C) real GDP per person in Lilliput is growing at the same rate as in Oz.
D) real GDP per person in Lilliput is growing at a rate that is not comparable to that in Oz.
E) we need more information to determine if real GDP per person in Lilliput is growing faster or
slower than real GDP per person in Oz.
Answer: B
Topic: Growth rate, real GDP per person
Skill: Level 3: Using models
Section: Checkpoint 9.1
Status: DMC
AACSB: Analytical reasoning
26) If the U.S. population grew at a 0.9 percent during 2006 and real GDP grew at a 4.4 percent
during the same period, what was the growth rate of real GDP per person?
A) 3.5 percent
B) 5.3 percent
C) 4.0 percent
D) -3.5 percent
E) 4.4 percent
Answer: A
Topic: Growth rate, real GDP per person
Skill: Level 3: Using models
Section: Checkpoint 9.1
Status: DMC
AACSB: Analytical reasoning
27) If real GDP grows at a rate of 6 percent and population grows at a rate of 2 percent, then real
GDP per person grows at a rate of
A) 4 percent.
B) 2 percent.
C) 0.5 percent.
D) -3 percent.
E) 8 percent.
Answer: A
Topic: Growth rate, real GDP per person
Skill: Level 3: Using models
Section: Checkpoint 9.1
Status: NU
AACSB: Analytical reasoning
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28) Iceland's real GDP grows at a rate of 2.6 percent and population grows at a rate of 0.8
percent. Iceland's real GDP per person grows at a rate of
A) 1.8 percent.
B) 2.6 percent.
C) 3.4 percent.
D) 3.0 percent.
E) 3.2 percent.
Answer: A
Topic: Growth rate, real GDP per person
Skill: Level 3: Using models
Section: Checkpoint 9.1
Status: MR
AACSB: Analytical reasoning
29) If an economy's growth rate of real GDP is 3 percent per year and the growth rate of the
population is 2.5 percent per year, the growth rate of real GDP per person is
A) 3 + 2.5 = 5.5 percent per year.
B) [(3 - 2.5) ÷ 2.5] × 100 = 20 percent per year.
C) [(2.5 - 3) ÷ 3] × 100 = 16.6 percent per year.
D) 3 - 2.5 = 0.5 percent per year.
E) 2.5 - 3 = -0.5 percent per year.
Answer: D
Topic: Growth rate, real GDP per person
Skill: Level 2: Using definitions
Section: Checkpoint 9.1
Status: TPS
AACSB: Analytical reasoning
30) In 2009, U.S. real GDP decreased by 3 percent and the population grew by 1 percent. Thus,
real GDP per person
A) increased 2 percent.
B) decreased 2 percent.
C) increased 4 percent.
D) decreased 4 percent.
E) decreased 3 percent.
Answer: D
Topic: Growth rate, real GDP per person
Skill: Level 3: Using models
Section: Checkpoint 9.1
Status: AA
AACSB: Analytical reasoning
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31) If a country experiences a real GDP growth rate of 1 percent and population growth of 2
percent, then the growth rate of real GDP per person is
A) 3 percent.
B) 2 percent.
C) 1 percent.
D) -1 percent.
E) 0 percent.
Answer: D
Topic: Growth rate, real GDP per person
Skill: Level 3: Using models
Section: Checkpoint 9.1
Status: CT
AACSB: Analytical reasoning
32) During 2008, Swaziland had a real GDP growth rate of 1.8 percent and a real GDP growth
rate per person of -1.3 percent. These rates indicate that in Swaziland
A) there was an error when calculating the growth rates because the growth rate of real GDP per
person cannot be negative.
B) the population growth rate was negative.
C) the population grew at a faster rate than real GDP.
D) poverty levels are declining.
E) real GDP grew more rapidly than did the population.
Answer: C
Topic: Growth rate, real GDP per person
Skill: Level 5: Critical thinking
Section: Checkpoint 9.1
Status: CT
AACSB: Analytical reasoning
33) In India last year, the growth rate of real GDP was 3.5 percent and the population grew from
1,000 million people to 1,100 million. Real GDP per person
A) increased by 13.5 percent.
B) decreased by 6.5 percent.
C) increased by 6.5 percent.
D) decreased by 13.5 percent.
E) increased by 3.5 percent.
Answer: B
Topic: Growth rate, real GDP per person
Skill: Level 3: Using models
Section: Checkpoint 9.1
Status: AA
AACSB: Analytical reasoning
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34) Belgium's real GDP per person is $33,000 and Austria's is $34,700. The population growth
rate in Belgium is 0.13 percent and the growth rate of real GDP is 3.0 percent. The population
growth rate in Austria is 0.08 percent and the growth rate of real GDP is 3.3 percent. If these
growth rates continue, how many years will it take for Belgium's real GDP per person to equal
Austria's real GDP per person?
A) Belgium's standard of living will never equal Austria's.
B) Just over 23 years
C) Just over 24 years
D) Just over 21 years
E) Over 230 years
Answer: A
Topic: Growth rate, real GDP per person
Skill: Level 3: Using models
Section: Checkpoint 9.1
Status: RS
AACSB: Analytical reasoning
35) If Country A's real GDP is growing at 6 percent per year and Country B's real GDP is
growing at 6 percent per year, then the standard of living is
A) growing more rapidly in Country A.
B) higher in Country B.
C) changing at the same rate in Country A and Country B.
D) growing more slowly in Country A.
E) changing at the same rate in Country A and Country B only if the rate of population growth is
the same in both countries.
Answer: E
Topic: Growth rate, real GDP per person
Skill: Level 2: Using definitions
Section: Checkpoint 9.1
Status: NU
AACSB: Reflective thinking
36) If Country A's real GDP per person is growing at 6 percent and Country B's real GDP per
person is growing at 3 percent, then
A) the standard of living is higher in Country A.
B) the standard of living is higher in Country B.
C) the standard of living is growing more rapidly in Country A.
D) we cannot say whose standard of living is growing more rapidly without knowing the
population growth rate.
E) we cannot say whose standard of living is growing more rapidly without knowing the growth
rate of real GDP.
Answer: C
Topic: Growth rate, real GDP per person
Skill: Level 2: Using definitions
Section: Checkpoint 9.1
Status: NU
AACSB: Reflective thinking
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37) According to the data in the table above,
A) the standard of living improved between year 1 and year 2.
B) the standard of living worsened between year 1 and year 2.
C) as measured by real GDP per person, the standard of living remained the same between year 1
and year 2.
D) real GDP grew more rapidly than population between year 1 and year 2.
E) real GDP grew more slowly than population between year 1 and year 2.
Answer: C
Topic: Standard of living
Skill: Level 2: Using definitions
Section: Checkpoint 9.1
Status: NU
AACSB: Analytical reasoning
38) According to the data in the table above, real GDP grew at a rate of ________ between year
1 and year 2.
A) 10 percent
B) 1 percent
C) 50 percent
D) 5 percent
E) 55 percent
Answer: A
Topic: Calculating growth rates
Skill: Level 2: Using definitions
Section: Checkpoint 9.1
Status: NU
AACSB: Analytical reasoning
39) According to the data in the table above, real GDP per person grew at a rate of ________
between year 1 and year 2.
A) 10 percent
B) 0 percent
C) 1 percent
D) 5 percent
E) 50 percent
Answer: B
Topic: Growth rate, real GDP per person
Skill: Level 3: Using models
Section: Checkpoint 9.1
Status: NU
AACSB: Analytical reasoning
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40) The rule of ________ can be used to calculate the number of years that it takes for the level
of a variable to ________.
A) 20; double
B) 70; triple
C) 70; double
D) 20; triple
E) thumb; double
Answer: C
Topic: Rule of 70
Skill: Level 1: Definition
Section: Checkpoint 9.1
Status: AA
AACSB: Reflective thinking
41) The Rule of 70 states that the level of a variable will double in
A) 70 years.
B) the number of years equal to the variable's annual rate of growth divided by 70.
C) the number of years equal to 70 divided by the variable's annual growth rate.
D) the number of years equal to the variable's annual growth rate minus 70.
E) the number of years equal to 70 multiplied by the variable's annual growth rate expressed as a
decimal.
Answer: C
Topic: Rule of 70
Skill: Level 2: Using definitions
Section: Checkpoint 9.1
Status: WM
AACSB: Reflective thinking
42) The Rule of 70, as applied to real GDP growth, can be used to find the
A) real GDP growth rate necessary to double growth.
B) number of years it takes for the level of real GDP to double.
C) growth rate of real GDP.
D) number of years it takes for the growth rate of real GDP to double.
E) population growth rate necessary to double the GDP growth rate.
Answer: B
Topic: Rule of 70
Skill: Level 1: Definition
Section: Checkpoint 9.1
Status: CT
AACSB: Reflective thinking
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43) The Rule of 70 can be used to calculate the
A) economic growth rate per month.
B) population growth rate per year.
C) number of years it would take for the level of any variable to double.
D) 70 percent level of the economic growth rate.
E) economic growth rate per year.
Answer: C
Topic: Rule of 70
Skill: Level 1: Definition
Section: Checkpoint 9.1
Status: AA
AACSB: Reflective thinking
44) Approximately how long will it take Ethiopia to double its real GDP per person of $100 if its
growth rate of real GDP per person is 0.9 percent?
A) 63 years
B) 77.7 years
C) 70 years
D) 109 years
E) 100 years.
Answer: B
Topic: Rule of 70
Skill: Level 3: Using models
Section: Checkpoint 9.1
Status: DMC
AACSB: Analytical reasoning
45) If Country A's real GDP grows at a rate of 14 percent per year, about how many years will it
take for Country A's real GDP to double?
A) 10
B) 7
C) 5
D) 30
E) 14
Answer: C
Topic: Rule of 70
Skill: Level 3: Using models
Section: Checkpoint 9.1
Status: NU
AACSB: Analytical reasoning
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46) According to the Rule of 70, if a country grows at 2.0 percent per year instead of 1.5 percent
per year, how many fewer years will it take to double its level of real GDP?
A) It will take 11.6 years fewer.
B) It will take 35 years fewer.
C) It will take 58.3 years fewer.
D) It will take 20 years fewer.
E) It will take 17.9 years fewer.
Answer: A
Topic: Rule of 70
Skill: Level 3: Using models
Section: Checkpoint 9.1
Status: DMC
AACSB: Analytical reasoning
47) The annual growth rate of an economy is 10 percent. The economy's GDP will double in
about ________ years.
A) 7
B) 10
C) 12
D) 14
E) 20
Answer: A
Topic: Rule of 70
Skill: Level 3: Using models
Section: Checkpoint 9.1
Status: CD new
AACSB: Analytical reasoning
48) Using the rule of 70, a sustained 3 percent per year real GDP growth rate will
A) last for 70 years.
B) double the current level of real GDP in about 23 years.
C) double the current level of real GDP in about 210 years.
D) double the current level of real GDP in about 70 years.
E) double the current level of real GDP in about 40 years.
Answer: B
Topic: Rule of 70
Skill: Level 3: Using models
Section: Checkpoint 9.1
Status: CD new
AACSB: Analytical reasoning
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49) A nation's annual growth rate of real GDP per person is 2 percent. Its standard of living will
A) double in 35 years.
B) not change because its population is growing.
C) fall because of its population growth.
D) double in 10 years.
E) double in 50 years.
Answer: A
Topic: Rule of 70
Skill: Level 3: Using models
Section: Checkpoint 9.1
Status: WM
AACSB: Analytical reasoning
50) If a country experiences a real GDP growth rate of 6 percent, real GDP will double in
A) 10 years.
B) 11.67 years.
C) 14 years.
D) 17.5 years.
E) 16.67 years.
Answer: B
Topic: Rule of 70
Skill: Level 2: Using definitions
Section: Checkpoint 9.1
Status: CT
AACSB: Analytical reasoning
51) This year, real GDP per person in Country A is eight times real GDP per person in Country
B. If Country B's real GDP per person grows at a rate of 5 percent, about how many years will it
take for Country B to reach the level of real GDP per person in Country A in this year?
A) 14 years
B) 28 years
C) 56 years
D) 42 years
E) It will never reach Country A's level of GDP per person
Answer: D
Topic: Rule of 70
Skill: Level 4: Applying models
Section: Checkpoint 9.1
Status: NU
AACSB: Analytical reasoning
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52) This year Iceland has a real GDP per person that is approximately 8 times greater than that of
Cape Verde. Cape Verde's growth rate of real GDP per person was 5.2 percent. If Cape Verde
maintains this current growth rate, approximately how many years will it take for Cape Verde's
real GDP per person to reach the same level that Iceland has this year?
A) 13.5 years
B) 20 years
C) 27 years
D) 40 years
E) 54 years
Answer: D
Topic: Rule of 70
Skill: Level 4: Applying models
Section: Checkpoint 9.1
Status: CT
AACSB: Analytical reasoning
53) If it took 20 years for real GDP to double, what was the growth rate of real GDP?
A) 4.5 percent
B) 3.0 percent
C) 3.5 percent
D) 4 percent
E) 5 percent
Answer: C
Topic: Rule of 70
Skill: Level 4: Applying models
Section: Checkpoint 9.1
Status: AA
AACSB: Analytical reasoning
54) In this year, Country A has a real GDP per person that is 4 times greater than that of Country
B. Country B's growth rate of real GDP per person is 3.5 percent per year. How many years will
it take for Country B's real GDP per person to reach the same level that Country A had in this
year?
A) 10 years
B) 20 years
C) 40 years
D) 60 years
E) 56 years
Answer: C
Topic: Rule of 70
Skill: Level 2: Using definitions
Section: Checkpoint 9.1
Status: CT
AACSB: Analytical reasoning
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55) Suppose Mexico's real GDP per person in 2008 is $6,000 and the U.S. real GDP per person
is $24,000. Mexico has annual growth in real GDP per person of 5 percent. Approximately how
many years will it take Mexico to equal $24,000 of real GDP per person?
A) 14 years
B) 18 years
C) 28 years
D) 36 years
E) 40 years
Answer: C
Topic: Rule of 70
Skill: Level 4: Applying models
Section: Checkpoint 9.1
Status: WM
AACSB: Analytical reasoning
56) Over the past 100 years, real GDP per person in the United States has grown at an average
rate of about ________ per year.
A) 1 percent
B) 2 percent
C) 5 percent
D) 10 percent
E) 7.5 percent
Answer: B
Topic: Eye on the past, how fast has real GDP per person grown?
Skill: Level 1: Definition
Section: Checkpoint 9.1
Status: MR
AACSB: Reflective thinking
57) For the world, what period of time experienced the fastest growth rate of real GDP per
person?
A) around 500 B.C.
B) around 400 A.D.
C) between 1000 A.D. and 1500 A.D.
D) after about 1850 A.D.
E) between 1500 A.D. and 1850 A.D.
Answer: D
Topic: Eye on the past, how fast has real GDP per person grown?
Skill: Level 1: Definition
Section: Checkpoint 9.1
Status: MR
AACSB: Reflective thinking
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58) The economic growth rate is measured as the
A) annual percentage change of real GDP.
B) annual percentage change of employment.
C) amount of real GDP.
D) annual percentage change of the population.
E) amount of population.
Answer: A
Topic: Economic growth
Skill: Level 1: Definition
Section: Checkpoint 9.1
Status: STUDY GUIDE
AACSB: Reflective thinking
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61) Real GDP is $9 trillion in the current year and $8.6 trillion in the previous year. The
economic growth rate between these years has been
A) 10.31 percent.
B) 4.65 percent.
C) 5.67 percent.
D) 7.67 percent.
E) $0.4 trillion.
Answer: B
Topic: Calculating growth rates
Skill: Level 2: Using definitions
Section: Checkpoint 9.1
Status: STUDY GUIDE
AACSB: Analytical reasoning
62) The table gives information about the economy of Japan. The economic growth rate in 1997
is ________ percent.
A) 8.0
B) 0.8
C) 0.08
D) 0.008
E) 4
Answer: B
Topic: Calculating growth rates
Skill: Level 2: Using definitions
Section: Checkpoint 9.1
Status: MyEconLab Web Site
AACSB: Analytical reasoning
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64) If the growth rate of population is greater than a nation's growth rate of real GDP, then its
real GDP per person
A) falls.
B) rises.
C) does not change.
D) might rise, fall, or not change.
E) cannot be measured.
Answer: A
Topic: Standard of living
Skill: Level 2: Using definitions
Section: Checkpoint 9.1
Status: STUDY GUIDE
AACSB: Reflective thinking
65) The table above gives information about the economy of France. The growth rate of real
GDP per person in 1998 is ________ percent.
A) 3.1
B) 0.4
C) 2.7
D) 4.0
E) 1.9
Answer: C
Topic: Growth rate, real GDP per person
Skill: Level 2: Using definitions
Section: Checkpoint 9.1
Status: MyEconLab Web Site
AACSB: Analytical reasoning
66) If real GDP increases by 6 percent and at the same time the population increases by 2
percent, then real GDP per person grows by
A) 6 percent.
B) 4 percent.
C) 2 percent.
D) 8 percent.
E) 3 percent.
Answer: B
Topic: Growth rate, real GDP per person
Skill: Level 2: Using definitions
Section: Checkpoint 9.1
Status: STUDY GUIDE
AACSB: Analytical reasoning
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67) If real GDP grew 5 percent last year and the population grew 2 percent, then real GDP per
person grew by ________ percent.
A) 10
B) 5
C) 3
D) 2
E) 7
Answer: C
Topic: Growth rate, real GDP per person
Skill: Level 2: Using definitions
Section: Checkpoint 9.1
Status: MyEconLab Web Site
AACSB: Analytical reasoning
68) If a country experiences a real GDP growth rate of 4 percent, real GDP will double in
A) 14 years.
B) 17.5 years.
C) 23.3 years.
D) 35 years.
E) 25 years.
Answer: B
Topic: Rule of 70
Skill: Level 2: Using definitions
Section: Checkpoint 9.1
Status: STUDY GUIDE
AACSB: Analytical reasoning
69) Suppose that in the future, real GDP per person grows 2 percent a year in the United States
and 4 percent a year in China. It will take real GDP per person approximately ________ years to
double in the United States and approximately ________ years to double in China.
A) 70; 35
B) 35; 17.5
C) 35; 8.75
D) 50; 25
E) 20; 10
Answer: B
Topic: Rule of 70
Skill: Level 2: Using definitions
Section: Checkpoint 9.1
Status: MyEconLab Web Site
AACSB: Analytical reasoning
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70) The table above gives information about the economy of Spain. If the growth rate in 1998 is
maintained, real GDP will double in ________ years.
A) 4
B) 19
C) 10
D) 18
E) 25
Answer: D
Topic: Rule of 70
Skill: Level 2: Using definitions
Section: Checkpoint 9.1
Status: MyEconLab Web Site
AACSB: Analytical reasoning
1) In a small western nation, labor productivity last year was $20 per hour and total labor hours
were 400 hours. Hence, real GDP
A) was $80,000.
B) was $8,000.
C) was $20.
D) grew by 5%.
E) 00$416,000 over 52 weeks.
Answer: B
Topic: Sources of economic growth
Skill: Level 4: Applying models
Section: Checkpoint 9.2
Status: CD new
AACSB: Analytical reasoning
24
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3) In the long run, most of the growth in aggregate hours comes from
A) population growth.
B) advances in technology.
C) increases in the labor force participation rate.
D) increases in labor productivity.
E) None of the above answers is correct because the premise of the question is wrong since
aggregate hours will not grow in the long run.
Answer: A
Topic: Sources of growth, aggregate hours
Skill: Level 1: Definition
Section: Checkpoint 9.2
Status: MR
AACSB: Reflective thinking
4) The data show that in the long run, sustained growth in the quantity of labor will come from
A) continual increases in average hours.
B) constant increases in the labor force participation rate.
C) constant decreases in the unemployment rate.
D) increases in the population.
E) increases in labor productivity.
Answer: D
Topic: Sources of growth, aggregate hours
Skill: Level 1: Definition
Section: Checkpoint 9.2
Status: NU
AACSB: Reflective thinking
5) In the United States, there has been ________ in the quantity of labor and, as a benefit of
economic growth, ________ in average hours per worker.
A) an increase; an increase
B) an increase; a decrease
C) a decrease; an increase
D) a decrease; a decrease
E) an increase; no change
Answer: B
Topic: Sources of growth, aggregate hours
Skill: Level 2: Using definitions
Section: Checkpoint 9.2
Status: CT
AACSB: Reflective thinking
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6) As the U.S. economy has grown over time, a benefit of the economic growth has been the fact
that
A) average hours have increased.
B) average hours have decreased.
C) labor productivity has decreased.
D) real GDP per person has decreased.
E) aggregate hours have decreased.
Answer: B
Topic: Sources of growth, average hours
Skill: Level 2: Using definitions
Section: Checkpoint 9.2
Status: NU
AACSB: Reflective thinking
7) Population growth directly brings growth in ________ because the quantity of labor increases.
A) real GDP
B) labor productivity
C) real GDP per person
D) capital per hour of work
E) average hours per worker
Answer: A
Topic: Sources of growth, population
Skill: Level 1: Definition
Section: Checkpoint 9.2
Status: AA
AACSB: Reflective thinking
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9) Labor productivity equals
A) real GDP.
B) real GDP per hour of labor.
C) the total production of labor.
D) the quantity of labor hours divided by real GDP.
E) real GDP divided by the amount of human capital.
Answer: B
Topic: Labor productivity
Skill: Level 1: Definition
Section: Checkpoint 9.2
Status: AA
AACSB: Reflective thinking
11) The quantity of real GDP produced by one hour of labor is defined as
A) real GDP per person.
B) the advance in technology.
C) the growth rate of technology.
D) labor productivity.
E) economic growth.
Answer: D
Topic: Labor productivity
Skill: Level 1: Definition
Section: Checkpoint 9.2
Status: CT
AACSB: Reflective thinking
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12) Labor productivity is calculated as
A) (real GDP ÷ aggregate hours).
B) (real GDP ÷ aggregate hours × number of workers).
C) (real GDP ÷ number of workers × ratio of capital per worker).
D) (real GDP ÷ technology level).
E) (real GDP ÷ aggregate hours × number of workers) × 100.
Answer: A
Topic: Labor productivity
Skill: Level 1: Definition
Section: Checkpoint 9.2
Status: DMC
AACSB: Reflective thinking
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15) Last year, in a nation far to the South, real GDP was $90 million and 900,000 workers were
employed. This year real GDP is $100 million, 950,000 workers are employed, and the number
of hours each worker works per year did not change. Hence, labor productivity
A) has increased.
B) has decreased.
C) has remained constant.
D) cannot be compared between the two years because both real GDP and the number of workers
increased.
E) might have changed, but more information is needed to determine if it changed.
Answer: A
Topic: Labor productivity
Skill: Level 2: Using definitions
Section: Checkpoint 9.2
Status: NU
AACSB: Analytical reasoning
16) If labor productivity is $30 per hour and there are 300 billion hours worked in a year's time,
what is real GDP?
A) 300 billion ÷ $30 = $10 billion
B) $30 × 300 billion = $9,000 billion
C) ($30 ÷ 300 billion) × 100 = $10 billion
D) (300 billion ÷ $30) × 100 = $1 trillion
E) (300 billion ÷ $30) ÷ 100 = $100 million
Answer: B
Topic: Labor productivity
Skill: Level 2: Using definitions
Section: Checkpoint 9.2
Status: TPS
AACSB: Analytical reasoning
17) Canada's population is 31 million and Japan's population is 126 million. Labor productivity
in the two nations is the same. Hence, real GDP per person is ________ and real GDP is
________.
A) higher in Japan; larger in Japan
B) higher in Canada; larger in Canada
C) the same in Japan and Canada; larger in Japan
D) higher in Japan; the same in Japan and Canada
E) higher in Japan; larger in Canada
Answer: C
Topic: Sources of economic growth
Skill: Level 4: Applying models
Section: Checkpoint 9.2
Status: MR
AACSB: Reflective thinking
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18) If real GDP is $6,460 billion, the population is 184.6 million people, and aggregate hours is
170 billion hours, labor productivity is
A) $2.63 an hour.
B) $2.86 an hour.
C) $35,000.
D) $38.00 an hour.
E) 920 hours.
Answer: D
Topic: Labor productivity
Skill: Level 2: Using definitions
Section: Checkpoint 9.2
Status: CT
AACSB: Analytical reasoning
19) Real GDP is $700 billion, average hours worked per week is 42 and aggregate hours 150
billion hours. What is the economy's labor productivity?
A) $1.80 per hour
B) $3.75 per hour
C) $16.67 per hour
D) $46.67 per hour
E) $4.50 per hour
Answer: D
Topic: Labor productivity
Skill: Level 3: Using models
Section: Checkpoint 9.2
Status: CD new
AACSB: Analytical reasoning
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21) Labor force productivity has increased from $30 per hour to $32 per hour over the past year.
This could result from
A) only an increase in real GDP.
B) an increase in real GDP with no change in the aggregate hours or an decrease in aggregate
hours with no change in real GDP.
C) only a decrease in aggregate hours.
D) an increase in the labor force participation rate.
E) an increase in population.
Answer: B
Topic: Increase in labor productivity
Skill: Level 2: Using definitions
Section: Checkpoint 9.2
Status: CD new
AACSB: Reflective thinking
22) Workers in the United States are ________ productive than workers in China because
________.
A) more; workers in the U.S. have more capital per worker.
B) more; there are more college-educated workers in the United States.
C) less; there are fewer workers in the United States.
D) less; the labor force participation rate is lower in the United States.
E) equally as; China's real GDP per person equals the U.S. real GDP per person.
Answer: A
Topic: Labor productivity
Skill: Level 3: Using models
Section: Checkpoint 9.2
Status: CD new
AACSB: Reflective thinking
23) In recent years, Taiwan has experienced increases in savings and investment. As a result of
the higher investment and saving, we expect
i) increases in physical capital
ii) increases in the inflation rate
iii) advances in technology
A) i and iii.
B) i and ii.
C) ii only.
D) ii and iii.
E) i, ii and iii.
Answer: A
Topic: Increase in labor productivity, physical capital
Skill: Level 3: Using models
Section: Checkpoint 9.2
Status: CD new
AACSB: Reflective thinking
31
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24) If the stock of physical capital (that is machinery, equipment, etc.) and human capital remain
the same and the population increases, then
A) labor productivity will increase.
B) labor productivity will decrease.
C) the standard of living will increase.
D) the new labor will be more productive.
E) real GDP decreases.
Answer: B
Topic: Increase in labor productivity, physical capital
Skill: Level 2: Using definitions
Section: Checkpoint 9.2
Status: AA
AACSB: Reflective thinking
25) The widespread adoption of computers in the workplace has likely lead to
A) no change in the quantity of labor hours.
B) an increase in labor productivity because computers are a capital good.
C) a decrease in labor productivity because computers are a capital good.
D) a decrease in human capital because computers are physical capital.
E) an increase in the supply of labor because people are needed to operate the computers.
Answer: B
Topic: Increase in labor productivity, physical capital
Skill: Level 2: Using definitions
Section: Checkpoint 9.2
Status: CT
AACSB: Reflective thinking
32
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27) A reason for an increase in labor productivity growth is
A) an increase in people's human capital.
B) a decrease in the capital stock so that firms must hire more workers.
C) growth in the supply of labor.
D) an increase in the population so that firms hire more workers.
E) an increase in the quantity of labor.
Answer: A
Topic: Increase in labor productivity, human capital
Skill: Level 2: Using definitions
Section: Checkpoint 9.2
Status: CT
AACSB: Reflective thinking
33
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30) Increases in human capital can come
A) only from formal schooling.
B) from employing more machinery.
C) only from on-the-job experience.
D) from formal education and on-the-job learning.
E) from nowhere because whatever human capital an individual possesses is what he or she was
born with.
Answer: D
Topic: Increase in labor productivity, human capital
Skill: Level 2: Using definitions
Section: Checkpoint 9.2
Status: WM
AACSB: Reflective thinking
34
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33) Labor productivity increases if
i. human capital decreases.
ii. technology advances.
iii. quality of education decreases.
A) i only
B) ii only
C) iii only
D) Both i and ii
E) Both ii and iii
Answer: B
Topic: Increase in labor productivity, technology
Skill: Level 2: Using definitions
Section: Checkpoint 9.2
Status: CT
AACSB: Reflective thinking
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36) Sustained growth in the quantity of labor hours worked depends on
A) saving and investment.
B) technological change.
C) population growth.
D) government purchases.
E) sustained increases in labor force participation.
Answer: C
Topic: Sources of economic growth
Skill: Level 2: Using definitions
Section: Checkpoint 9.2
Status: TPS
AACSB: Reflective thinking
38) The only source of growth in the quantity of labor that is sustainable over long periods of
time is
A) an increase in the labor force participation rate.
B) population growth.
C) a decrease in labor productivity.
D) a decrease in the unemployment rate.
E) an increase in labor productivity.
Answer: B
Topic: Sources of growth, aggregate hours
Skill: Level 2: Using definitions
Section: Checkpoint 9.2
Status: STUDY GUIDE
AACSB: Reflective thinking
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39) Labor productivity equals ________.
A) real GDP × aggregate hours
B) real GDP ÷ aggregate hours
C) aggregate hours ÷ real GDP
D) aggregate hours × labor productivity
E) aggregate hours ÷ labor productivity
Answer: B
Topic: Labor productivity
Skill: Level 1: Definition
Section: Checkpoint 9.2
Status: MyEconLab Web Site
AACSB: Reflective thinking
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42) If real GDP is $1,200 billion, the population is 60 million, and aggregate hours are 80 billion,
labor productivity is
A) $5.00 an hour.
B) $6.67 an hour.
C) $15.00 an hour.
D) $20,000.
E) $150 an hour.
Answer: C
Topic: Labor productivity
Skill: Level 2: Using definitions
Section: Checkpoint 9.2
Status: STUDY GUIDE
AACSB: Reflective thinking
43) If aggregate hours are 100 billion hours and labor productivity is $40 an hour, than real GDP
equals
A) $100 billion.
B) $40 billion.
C) $100 trillion.
D) $2.5 trillion.
E) $4 trillion.
Answer: E
Topic: Labor productivity
Skill: Level 2: Using definitions
Section: Checkpoint 9.2
Status: STUDY GUIDE
AACSB: Reflective thinking
44) Which of the following lists gives factors that increase labor productivity?
A) saving and investment in physical capital, and wage increases
B) expansion of human capital, labor force increases, and discovery of new technologies
C) expansion of human capital, population growth, and discovery of new technologies
D) saving and investment in physical capital, expansion of human capital, and discovery of new
technologies
E) labor force increases and wage increases
Answer: D
Topic: Increase in labor productivity
Skill: Level 1: Definition
Section: Checkpoint 9.2
Status: STUDY GUIDE
AACSB: Reflective thinking
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45) Growth in physical capital depends most directly upon the
A) amount of saving and investment.
B) number of firms in the nation.
C) speed of population growth.
D) amount of government expenditures.
E) level of human capital.
Answer: A
Topic: Sources of economic growth
Skill: Level 2: Using definitions
Section: Checkpoint 9.2
Status: STUDY GUIDE
AACSB: Reflective thinking
1) Thomas Malthus was an economist who contributed to the ________ theory of growth.
A) classical
B) neoclassical
C) new growth
D) socialist
E) Keynesian
Answer: A
Topic: Classical growth theory
Skill: Level 1: Definition
Section: Checkpoint 9.3
Status: AA
AACSB: Reflective thinking
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2) The classical growth model is most closely associated with
A) John Maynard Keynes.
B) Ben Bernanke.
C) Adam Smith.
D) Robert Solow.
E) Thomas Malthus.
Answer: E
Topic: Classical growth theory
Skill: Level 1: Definition
Section: Checkpoint 9.3
Status: CD new
AACSB: Reflective thinking
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5) The classical theory was developed in the late 18th and early 19th centuries
A) and therefore is not accepted today.
B) during a time of population decline.
C) and has proponents today who fear population growth and overpopulation.
D) and can not be explained using the modern tool of the production function.
E) and still applies to the most developed nations today, though not to the less developed nations.
Answer: C
Topic: Classical growth theory
Skill: Level 1: Definition
Section: Checkpoint 9.3
Status: WM
AACSB: Reflective thinking
6) Classical growth theory predicts that in the long run there will be
A) zero economic growth.
B) positive economic growth.
C) negative economic growth.
D) sustained increases in the productivity growth rate
E) sustained increases in economic growth.
Answer: A
Topic: Classical growth theory
Skill: Level 2: Using definitions
Section: Checkpoint 9.3
Status: NU
AACSB: Reflective thinking
7) According to classical growth theory, people earn only a subsistence real income because of
growth in
A) technology.
B) capital.
C) population.
D) employment.
E) labor productivity.
Answer: C
Topic: Classical growth theory
Skill: Level 2: Using definitions
Section: Checkpoint 9.3
Status: DMC
AACSB: Reflective thinking
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8) Which of the following are predicted by the classical growth theory?
i) population growth will end economic growth
ii) real GDP per person will return to subsistence level
iii) technology drives persistent economic growth
A) i and ii.
B) i, ii and iii.
C) i only.
D) ii only.
E) i and iii.
Answer: A
Topic: Classical growth theory
Skill: Level 2: Using definitions
Section: Checkpoint 9.3
Status: CD new
AACSB: Reflective thinking
9) If labor productivity rises above the subsistence level then, according to classical growth
theory,
A) population growth will slow down.
B) a population explosion will occur.
C) labor productivity growth permanently increases.
D) real GDP per person will remain above the subsistence level.
E) real GDP per person will fall below the subsistence level.
Answer: B
Topic: Classical growth theory
Skill: Level 2: Using definitions
Section: Checkpoint 9.3
Status: NU
AACSB: Reflective thinking
10) According to classical growth theory, as capital per hour and technology increase,
A) the population grows and eventually real GDP returns to the subsistence level.
B) the population grows but more slowly than real GDP so that people's incomes are
permanently higher.
C) the pursuit of profit causes further increases in capital per hour and technology and economic
growth continues indefinitely.
D) the growth rate of real GDP per person permanently increases.
E) people save more, which increases the capital per hour even more, and so economic growth
continues indefinitely.
Answer: A
Topic: Classical growth theory
Skill: Level 2: Using definitions
Section: Checkpoint 9.3
Status: DMC
AACSB: Reflective thinking
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11) Classical growth theory predicts that increases in real GDP per person will
A) not last because higher income leads to a population explosion.
B) last because higher growth leads to new technology.
C) last because people make choices in the pursuit of higher profits.
D) not last because higher income encourages smaller families and a lower population growth
rate.
E) last only if the government directs firms to make more investments in capital and new
technology.
Answer: A
Topic: Classical growth theory
Skill: Level 3: Using models
Section: Checkpoint 9.3
Status: CT
AACSB: Reflective thinking
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14) In classical growth theory, if the income level is above the subsistence income,
A) the economy will keep growing without limit.
B) population grows and lowers real income to its subsistence level.
C) technological growth occurs and keeps real income above its subsistence level.
D) the pursuit of profit will cause economic growth to accelerate.
E) None of the above is correct because the classical growth theory asserts that income can never
exceed the subsistence level.
Answer: B
Topic: Classical growth theory
Skill: Level 3: Using models
Section: Checkpoint 9.3
Status: TPS
AACSB: Reflective thinking
15) According to classical growth theory, economic growth occurs when ________ and
economic growth ________.
A) the population increases; does not last forever
B) technology advances; does not last forever
C) the population increases; lasts forever
D) technology advances; lasts forever
E) labor productivity increases; lasts forever
Answer: B
Topic: Classical growth theory
Skill: Level 2: Using definitions
Section: Checkpoint 9.3
Status: DMC
AACSB: Reflective thinking
16) In the classical growth theory, economic growth leads to increases in labor supply which
________ real GDP and ________ the real wage rate.
A) increases; lowers
B) increases; raises
C) decreases; lowers
D) decreases; raises
E) increases; does not affect
Answer: A
Topic: Classical growth theory
Skill: Level 4: Applying models
Section: Checkpoint 9.3
Status: RS
AACSB: Reflective thinking
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17) Classical growth theory predicts
A) a slowdown in population growth over time.
B) real GDP will remain at the subsistence level over time.
C) sustained increases in economic growth in the long run.
D) the population growth rate slows as real GDP per person rises.
E) sustained increases in the standard of living in the long run.
Answer: B
Topic: Classical growth theory
Skill: Level 2: Using definitions
Section: Checkpoint 9.3
Status: NU
AACSB: Reflective thinking
18) Real GDP per person did not remain at the subsistence level, as predicted by classical growth
theory, because as GDP per person increased,
A) birth rates remained constant and death rates fell.
B) birth rates eventually fell.
C) technological advances were able to outpace the effects of the continued and increasingly
high birth rate.
D) the total level of real GDP decreased.
E) death rates eventually increased.
Answer: B
Topic: Classical growth theory
Skill: Level 2: Using definitions
Section: Checkpoint 9.3
Status: NU
AACSB: Reflective thinking
19) Which growth theory predicts that even when technology advances, real GDP per person
always returns to a subsistence level of income?
A) Classical growth theory
B) Sustained growth theory
C) Neoclassical growth theory
D) New growth theory
E) Keynesian growth theory
Answer: A
Topic: Classical growth theory
Skill: Level 3: Using models
Section: Checkpoint 9.3
Status: CT
AACSB: Reflective thinking
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which they were now actually seized gave wings to their speed, and
rendered a matter of no regard the rocks and other impediments
over which they were flying. Their pursuer was not more speedy, but
much longer winded, and the rage which then impelled him was not
less potent than their terror. He possessed a fund of physical ability
which was almost inexhaustible, and he had sworn not to drop the
pursuit till he had “smashed the hale set,” so that from the length of
the race the poor wights had but a small chance of safety. At length
the top of Glenquhargen, then Cairnkinnow, and next Gowkthorn,
were reached, without any loss or advantage to either party. From
the latter of these places, the ground declines nearly the whole way to
Drumlanrig, and the soldiers, with the start in their favour, flew on
with a glimmering of hope that now they could scarcely be overtaken.
Their hope was realised, but not without such overstraining as had
nearly proved equally fatal with the vengeance from which they fled.
Leaning forward almost to the ground, and staggering like drunkards
from excess of fatigue, they at last reached the western staircase
which leads into the court of the castle. Behind them Glenmannow
rushed on also with abated speed, but with indignation as hot as
ever. He still bore upon his shoulder the ponderous car limb; his face
was literally bathed in perspiration; and the wild expression of his
eyes, and the foam which was beginning to appear at each corner of
his mouth, rendered him a true personification of Giant Madness
broken from his chains.
The two dukes, who had been informed of their approach by some
servants who observed them descending the opposite heights, were
waiting to receive them within the balustrade which runs along that
side of the castle; but on marking the fury of Glenmannow, Duke
James deemed it prudent to retire with the exhausted soldiers until
the storm should be passed; for while his tenant remained in that
mood of mind, he dared not, absolute as was his authority, to come
into his presence. His brother of Buccleuch was therefore left to bear
the first brunt of the salutation, who, on Glenmannow’s approach,
called out, “What is the matter? What is to do?” Glenmannow,
without regarding this interrogatory further than by darting upon
him a wild and fierce look, sprang up stairs, and rushed past him into
the court of the castle. But here his progress was stopped; for among
the several doors which lead from thence to every part of the castle,
he knew not by which his enemies had entered. One, however, was
known to him, and along that passage he rapidly hastened, until he
at length arrived in the kitchen. There he was equally at fault, and
there his pursuit was ended; for the smiles of the sonsy cook, and the
fondlements of the various servants who thronged around him,
succeeded in restoring his mind to a degree of calmness and repose.
The cook eased his shoulder of the car limb, with the intention of
repaying herself for the trouble by using it as fuel; others divested
him of his bonnet; and all, with many words, prevailed upon him at
last to assume a chair. After a moment’s silence, in which he seemed
to be lost in reflection, “Ay, ay,” said he, “I see through a’ this noo. It
has been a trick o’ the juke’s makin’ up.” Then, with a serious air, he
added, “But it was dangerous though; for if I had gotten a haud o’
thae chaps, wha kens what I might hae done!”
The duke, on being informed of this change wrought upon his
tenant, and having learnt from the soldiers the way in which he had
been deprived of his breakfast, ordered him a plentiful refreshment,
and afterwards sent for him into the presence of himself and of
Buccleuch. The breach between them was speedily healed; and
Glenmannow, nothing poorer for his race, returned shortly
afterwards with a servant on horseback, who was dispatched to
convey to headquarters the poor grenadier who had been so roughly
handled in the affray.
Mally, with a humanity and forgiveness which the soldier had little
right to expect, had succeeded in removing him from the spot where
he was cast down, into the house, and having there laid him upon a
bed, tended him with such kindness and care, that, by the time of
Glenmannow’s return, he was so far recovered as to be able to sit
upon the horse sent to remove him. Glenmannow, after Mally had
wrapped round him a pair of blankets, bore him out in his arms, and
placed him behind the servant, who in this manner conducted him in
safety to Drumlanrig.
This is the last exploit of a remarkable kind which I have been able
to glean respecting Glenmannow. He lived to a pretty long age, yet
his life was abridged within its natural period by imprudently taxing
his great strength beyond its actual capability. A high dyke was in the
course of being built, from the heights on the left of the Nith into the
channel of the river, about four miles above Drumlanrig, on the way
to Sanquhar, and in order to resist the force of the current, the
largest stones that could be moved were built into the dyke at its
termination. One in particular, which lay near the place, was deemed
excellently fitted for that purpose, but its weight rendered it
unmanageable. Glenmannow undertook to lift it into its place, and in
reality did so; but in the effort he injured his breast and spine, and
brought on a lingering disorder, of which he died in less than a
twelvemonth afterwards, in the year 1705. I am not aware of his
having left any descendants to perpetuate and spread his name; one
thing at least is certain, that in the present day none such are to be
found in that district which was the principal scene of his exploits,
and where still is cherished to such a degree his singular yet honest
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By Daniel Gorrie.
By Professor Wilson.
By John Galt.
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There lived at this time, on the farmstead of Broomlands, a person
that was a woman, by calling a widow; and she and her husband,
when he was in this life, had atween them Annie Daisie, a dochter;—
very fair she was to look upon, comely withal, and of a feleecity o’
nature.
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and I made no scruple of going to the kirk every Sabbath day to see
her, though Mr Glebeantiends was, to a certainty, a vera maksleepie
preacher. When I forgathered with her by accident, I was all in a
confusion; and when I would hae spoken to her wi’ kindly words, I
could but look in her clear een and nicher like Willie Gouk, the
haverel laddie; the which made her jeer me as if I had a want, and
been daft likewise; so that seeing I cam no speed in courting for
myself, I thocht o’ telling my mother; but that was a kittle job,—
howsoever, I took heart, and said—
“Mother!”
“Well, son,” she made answer, “what would ye?”
“I’m going to be marriet,” quo’ I.
“Marriet!” cried she, spreading out her arms wi’ consternation.
“And wha’s the bride?”
I didna like just to gie her an even down answer, but said I thought
myself old enough for a helpmeet to my table, which caused her to
respond with a laugh; whereupon I told her I was thinking of Annie
Daisie.
“Ye’ll surely ne’er marry the like o’ her;—she’s only a gair’ner’s
dochter.”
But I thocht of Adam and Eve, and said—“We’re a’ come of a
gair’ner;”—the which caused her presently to wax vera wroth with
me; and she stampit with her foot, and called me a blot on the
‘scutcheon o’ Auldbiggins; then she sat down, and began to reflec’
with herself; and, after a season, she spoke rawtional about the
connection, saying she had a wife in her mind for me, far more to the
purpose than such a causey-dancer as Annie Daisie.
But I couldna bide to hear Annie Daisie mislikened, and yet I was
feart to commit the sin of disobedience, for my mother had no mercy
when she thought I rebelled against her authority; so I sat down, and
was in a tribulation, and then I speir’t, with a flutter of affliction, who
it was that she had willed to be my wife.
“Miss Betty Græme,” said she; “if she can be persuaded to tak sic a
headowit.”
Now this Miss Betty Græme was the tocherless sixth daughter o’ a
broken Glasgow provost, and made her leevin’ by seamstress-work
and flowering lawn; but she was come of gentle blood, and was
herself a gentle creature, though no sae blithe as bonnie Annie
Daisie; and for that I told my mother I would never take her, though
it should be the death o’ me. Accordingly I ran out of the house, and
took to the hills, and wistna where I was, till I found myself at the
door of the Broomlands, with Annie Daisie before me, singing like a
laverock as she watered the yarn of her ain spinning on the green. On
seeing me, however, she stoppit, and cried—
“Gude keep us a’, laird!—what’s frightened you to flee hither?”
But I was desperate, and I ran till her, and fell on my knees in a
lover-like fashion; but wha would hae thocht it?—she dang me ower
on my back, and as I lay on the ground she watered me with her
watering-can, and was like to dee wi’ laughing: the which sign and
manifestation of hatred on her part quenched the low o’ love on
mine; an’ I raise an’ went hame, drookit and dripping as I was, and
told my mother I would be an obedient and dutiful son.
Soon after this, Annie Daisie was marriet to John Lounlans; and
there was a fulsome phrasing about them when they were kirkit, as
the comeliest couple in the parish. It was castor-oil to hear’t; and I