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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. What causes the difference between a philosopher and a street porter?
(a) Natural talent and propensity.
(b) Habit, custom, and education.
(c) Birth, income, and upbringing.
(d) Opportunity, talent, and birth.

2. Who are most likely to make improvements upon or invent new machines for manufacture?
(a) The owner of the manufacturing process.
(b) Those who work with or make the machines.
(c) The man who repairs and cleans the machines.
(d) The man who is responsible for the running of the manufacturing process.

3. How long would it take for a broad-wheeled wagon, attended by two men, and drawn by eight horses, to carry four tons of goods between London and Edinburgh?
(a) Six weeks.
(b) Seven weeks.
(c) Five weeks.
(d) Four weeks.

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

5. According to the text, what does this saying describe: "Give me that which I want, and you shall have this which you want"?
(a) A fair trade.
(b) A business propostion.
(c) A mutual offer.
(d) A bargain.

Short Answer 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?

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

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

4. Why are the silks of France better and cheaper than those of England?

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

(see the answer key)

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