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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book 1, Chapter 4.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. According to Homer, how much did the armor of Diomede cost?
(a) Eleven oxen.
(b) Eight oxen.
(c) Ten oxen.
(d) Nine oxen.

2. Which Mediterranean country seems to have been the first in which either agriculture or manufacturers were cultivated and improved to any considerable degree?
(a) Italy.
(b) Turkey.
(c) Egypt.
(d) Greece.

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

4. Which country's inland navigation caused its early improvement?
(a) Egypt.
(b) Italy.
(c) Turkey.
(d) Greece.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who are most likely to make improvements upon or invent new machines for manufacture?

2. What causes the difference between a philosopher and a street porter?

3. Commonly, why does man #1 help man #2?

4. What is the common instrument of commerce and exchanges in Abyssinia?

5. Under what circumstance would every man have to perform exactly the same duties and do exactly the same work?

(see the answer key)

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