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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 does the division of labor do for a manufacturer?
(a) It decreases the productive powers of labor.
(b) It simplifies the productive powers of labor.
(c) It increases the productive powers of labor.
(d) It complicates the productive powers of labor.

2. 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 treaty, by barter, or by purchase.
(d) By labor, by barter , or by charity.

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

4. In the ancient world, what was considered a most wonderful and dangerous exploit of navigation?
(a) To sail down an unknown coast.
(b) To not invoke the gods' blessings on the journey.
(c) To sail out of the Streights of Gibraltar.
(d) To sail with a woman on board.

5. 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 are have completed their industry and improvement.
(c) In those countries which have yet to pursue industry and improvement.
(d) In those countries which enjoy the highest degree of industry and improvement.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. A part of which area was included in ancient Scythia?

3. Under what circumstance would every man have to perform exactly the same duties and do exactly the same work?

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

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

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