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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Devout Observances.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. According to Veblen, there is a natural selection among what?
(a) Forms of consumption.
(b) Forms of wastefulness.
(c) Production techniques.
(d) Ethnic types.

2. According to Veblen, what are sports based on?
(a) The ability to settle things amicably.
(b) The desire to impress women.
(c) The ability to cause damage.
(d) The compulsion to accept defeat.

3. How do standards of consumption change?
(a) Very slowly over time.
(b) Slower in societies with more social mobility.
(c) They change with every season.
(d) Faster in societies with less social mobility.

4. According to Veblen, new selections of the fittest are driven by changes in what?
(a) Habits.
(b) Institutions.
(c) Fashions.
(d) Ideas.

5. Which stage of culture does the antepredatory variant correlate to?
(a) Early townsfolk.
(b) Settled agricultural savages.
(c) Primitive savages.
(d) The ancestors of the primitive savage stage.

Short Answer Questions

1. Under what conditions is there a quasi-peaceful stage in Western culture, according to Veblen?

2. What does Veblen say was the center of modern communities during his time?

3. Selective adaptation governs what?

4. What term does Veblen use to describe horses and dogs?

5. What are the standards of consumption determined by?

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