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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 limits the extent of the division of labor?
(a) The workmen.
(b) The population.
(c) The raw products.
(d) The market.

2. How did the idea of division of labor come about?
(a) It was the propensity of human nature to truck, barter, and exchange one thing for another.
(b) It was a consequence of the applied study of manufacturing.
(c) It was an accident which resulted in positive change.
(d) It was an experiment which owners found to be advantageous.

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

4. What three ways do we obtain from one another the greater part of those mutual good offices which we stand in need of?
(a) By labor, by barter , or by charity.
(b) By labor, by charity, or by ingenuity.
(c) By ingenuity, by treaty, or by purchase.
(d) By treaty, by barter, or by purchase.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. In what country is the Ganges River?

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

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

4. What was the common instrument of commerce among the ancient Romans?

5. How does division of labor affect the time required for the manufacturing process?

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