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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book 1, Chapter 4.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the common instrument of commerce and exchanges in Abyssinia?
(a) Shells.
(b) Salt.
(c) Sugar.
(d) Tobacco.

2. What was the original form of the metals used for commerce?
(a) Coins.
(b) Bars.
(c) Nuggets.
(d) Lumps.

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

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

5. What opens an even more extensive market to every sort of industry?
(a) Improved inland transporation.
(b) Land-carriage.
(c) Water-carriage.
(d) Faster horses.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the common instrument of commerce among the ancient Romans?

2. Which country's inland navigation caused its early improvement?

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?

4. Who are most likely to make improvements upon or invent new machines for manufacture?

5. What limits the extent of the division of labor?

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