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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why are new machines more likely to be invented under division of labor?
(a) New machines are required when labor has been divided.
(b) Men have more time to experiment with various options and potential improvements.
(c) Men are more likely to discover more efficient methods of production when their entire focus is directed towards a single step of the process.
(d) Division of labor promotes speculation and new ideas to be tried.

2. What was one problem with the use of rude metals?
(a) Transporting them.
(b) Mining them.
(c) Keeping them safe.
(d) Weighing them.

3. What reduced the value of gold and silver in Europe in the 16th century?
(a) The discovery of mines in America.
(b) The depletion of mines in America.
(c) The discovery of mines in Peru.
(d) The depletion of mines in Europe.

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

5. What kind of business does not lend itself to many subdivisions of labor?
(a) Foundry.
(b) Textile manufacturing.
(c) Agriculture.
(d) Ship building.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does an individual live within a civilized society?

2. Originally, what did sailors fear?

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

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

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

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