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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 kind of person depends chiefly on the benevolence of this fellow citizens?
(a) A child.
(b) A woman.
(c) A beggar.
(d) An unemployed man.

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 treaty, by barter, or by purchase.
(b) By ingenuity, by treaty, or by purchase.
(c) By labor, by barter , or by charity.
(d) By labor, by charity, or by ingenuity.

3. Commonly, why does man #1 help man #2?
(a) Because man #1 derives personal benefit from helping man #2.
(b) Because man #2 has agreed to pay man #1.
(c) Because man #1 sees man #2's genuine need for help.
(d) Because man #1 has a capacity for benevolence.

4. What does the division of labor do for individual workmen?
(a) It enables each man to work fewer hours.
(b) It gives each man more work to do.
(c) It reduces every man's job to one simple operation.
(d) It teaches each man a new skill.

5. 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) Four weeks.
(d) Five weeks.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was one problem with the use of rude metals?

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

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

4. In the rude ages of society, what was the common instrument of commerce?

5. What does the division of labor do for a manufacturer?

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