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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) Tobacco.
(c) Sugar.
(d) Salt.

2. What was the common instrument of commerce among the ancient Spartans?
(a) Gold.
(b) Silver.
(c) Copper.
(d) Iron.

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

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

5. What limits the extent of the division of labor?
(a) The population.
(b) The workmen.
(c) The raw products.
(d) The market.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the common instrument of commerce and exchanges in Virginia?

2. What is one characteristic of the Mediterranean Sea which made it favorable for infant navigation?

3. What word expressed the weight or quantity of metal contained in the first coins?

4. What encourages every man to apply himself to an occupation and cultivate whatever talent he may possess for that particular business?

5. What causes the difference between a philosopher and a street porter?

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