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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book 1, Chapter 3.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which occupation requires a great town?
(a) Sailor.
(b) Farmer.
(c) Poet.
(d) Butcher.

2. What is a common characteristic for a workman under division of labor?
(a) Every workman produces more than he needs.
(b) Every workman has the means to improve himself.
(c) Every workman is equal to every other workman.
(d) Every workman has increased purchasing power.

3. 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 charity, or by ingenuity.
(b) By ingenuity, by treaty, or by purchase.
(c) By labor, by barter , or by charity.
(d) By treaty, by barter, or by purchase.

4. What does the division of labor do for individual workmen?
(a) It reduces every man's job to one simple operation.
(b) It enables each man to work fewer hours.
(c) It teaches each man a new skill.
(d) It gives each man more work to do.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What is one characteristic of the Mediterranean Sea which made it favorable for infant navigation?

3. What kind of business does not lend itself to many subdivisions of labor?

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

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

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