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

2. A part of which area was included in ancient Scythia?
(a) Siberia.
(b) Euxine.
(c) Bavaria.
(d) Siam.

3. What does the text say about the difference of the natural talents in men?
(a) That all men have unique talents unto themselves.
(b) That they are so different as so never to be changeable.
(c) That talent is natural and cannot be cultivated or improved.
(d) That they are not really that different.

4. How does division of labor affect the time required for the manufacturing process?
(a) It lengthens the time of production while producing a better product.
(b) It reduces the time between a workman's different tasks.
(c) It lengthens the overall time of production.
(d) It reduces the time for a product to be completed.

5. Commonly, why does man #1 help man #2?
(a) Because man #1 derives personal benefit from helping man #2.
(b) Because man #1 sees man #2's genuine need for help.
(c) Because man #2 has agreed to pay man #1.
(d) Because man #1 has a capacity for benevolence.

Short Answer Questions

1. What can be said for division of labor for all kinds of manufacturing?

2. In some measure, every man in a growing commercial society becomes what?

3. How are a philosopher and a street porter the same?

4. What does the division of labor do for a manufacturer?

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

(see the answer key)

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