501 Critical Reading Questions

a. Monopolies led to slavery.
b. Monopolies were responsible for the single tax problems.
c. Monopolies made it impossible for poorer people to follow
Henry George.
d. Monopolies were responsible for Lizzie Magie’s $500 payment
and Charles Darrow’s millions.
e. Monopolies made it impossible for poorer people to have the
same chances as the wealthy.
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35.
How does the objective of The Landlord’s Game differ from that
of Monopoly?
a. In The Landlord’s Game, you can only rent the properties, but
in Monopoly you may buy them.
b. The Landlord’s Game illustrates the inequality of the
landlord/tenant system, while Monopoly encourages players to
become landlords and become wealthy at the expense of others.
c. The Landlord’s Game teaches the problems of capitalism and
Monopoly teaches the value of money.
d. The Landlord’s Game was a way for Quakers to understand the
economic theories of Henry George, and Monopoly explains
the evolutionary theories of Charles Darrow.
e. In The Landlord’s Game, players try to land on as many rail-
roads and utilities as possible, but in Monopoly they try to avoid
them.
36.
In line 38, what does swallowed Darrow’s prevarication mean?
a. ate his lunch
b. believed his lie
c. understood his problem
d. played by his rules
e. drank his champagne
37.
In line 28, the statement that the rules of The Landlord’s Game
were explained and transmuted relies on the notion that
a. when people pass along information by word of mouth, it goes
through changes.