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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many times more goods on a broad-wheeled wagon can be carried from London to Edinburgh by water-carriage in the same amount of time?
(a) 45.
(b) 55.
(c) 40.
(d) 50.

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does the division of labor do for individual workmen?

3. What is a common characteristic for a workman under division of labor?

4. In the ancient world, what was considered a most wonderful and dangerous exploit of navigation?

5. What limits the extent of the division of labor?

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