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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. What can be said for division of labor for all kinds of manufacturing?
(a) Many individuals and processes come together to complete a product.
(b) The quality of products manufactured are improved greatly.
(c) Machines replace many workmen who are moved to other jobs.
(d) Division of labor does not affect the quantity of products manufactured.

2. What is the common instrument of commerce and exchanges in some parts of the coast of India?
(a) Salt.
(b) Tobacco.
(c) Shells.
(d) Sugar.

3. In what country is the Ganges River?
(a) Bengal.
(b) Italy.
(c) Egypt.
(d) India.

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

5. Why are the silks of France better and cheaper than those of England?
(a) Because silk manufacturing is not as well suited to the climate of England as it is to that of France.
(b) Because silk manufacturing is not popular in England.
(c) Because France has an extreme surplus of silk manufacturers.
(d) Because there is little demand for English silk.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where are the separation of different trades and employments from one another generally found?

2. What kind of person depends chiefly on the benevolence of this fellow citizens?

3. According to the text, what does this saying describe: "Give me that which I want, and you shall have this which you want"?

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

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

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