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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book 1, Chapter 5.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In some measure, every man in a growing commercial society becomes what?
(a) A scholar.
(b) A tinker.
(c) A farmer.
(d) A merchant.

2. What word expressed the weight or quantity of metal contained in the first coins?
(a) Stamp.
(b) Denomination.
(c) Purity.
(d) Fineness.

3. What was one problem with the use of rude metals?
(a) Keeping them safe.
(b) Weighing them.
(c) Mining them.
(d) Transporting them.

4. What does the division of labor do for a manufacturer?
(a) It simplifies the productive powers of labor.
(b) It decreases the productive powers of labor.
(c) It complicates the productive powers of labor.
(d) It increases the productive powers of labor.

5. What is the common instrument of commerce and exchanges in Abyssinia?
(a) Shells.
(b) Salt.
(c) Tobacco.
(d) Sugar.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which is not a reason for the increase of the quantity of work under division of labor?

2. What becomes the common instrument of commerce when barter ceases?

3. How are the dispositions that form the difference of talents of various professions considered?

4. A part of which area was included in ancient Scythia?

5. Which occupation requires a great town?

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