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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) Butcher.
(b) Sailor.
(c) Farmer.
(d) Poet.

2. Where are the separation of different trades and employments from one another generally found?
(a) In those countries which have the least degree of industry and improvement.
(b) In those countries which enjoy the highest degree of industry and improvement.
(c) In those countries which are have completed their industry and improvement.
(d) In those countries which have yet to pursue industry and improvement.

3. Originally, what did sailors fear?
(a) That their compasses were inaccurate.
(b) That islands moved around in the sea.
(c) Navigating on a cloudy night.
(d) Being out of sight of the shore.

4. Which Mediterranean country seems to have been the first in which either agriculture or manufacturers were cultivated and improved to any considerable degree?
(a) Italy.
(b) Egypt.
(c) Turkey.
(d) Greece.

5. Under what circumstance would every man have to perform exactly the same duties and do exactly the same work?
(a) If there were no truck, barter, and exchange.
(b) If there were no organized society.
(c) If there were no manufacturers of commodities.
(d) If there were no difference of talent.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. How did the idea of division of labor come about?

4. What opens an even more extensive market to every sort of industry?

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

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