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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Conspicuous Consumption.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Veblen classify industrial labor in industrial societies?
(a) As men's work.
(b) As women's work.
(c) As work done by machines.
(d) As work that does not produce food or shelter.

2. How does a man of leisure indicate his position in society?
(a) By volunteering to help the poor.
(b) By his association with people of renown.
(c) By giving money to charities.
(d) By consuming and giving away certain things.

3. How does Veblen say members of a society are ranked and judged?
(a) In terms of their power.
(b) In terms of their morals.
(c) In terms of their noble lineage.
(d) In terms of their wealth.

4. What happens when men come into wealth through peaceful means?
(a) Property becomes the measure of spiritual values.
(b) Property becomes an indicator of heritage.
(c) Property becomes the subject of competition and warfare.
(d) Property becomes an indicator of success.

5. What does Veblen say happens as technology progresses?
(a) Men have more time for activities beyond subsistence.
(b) Men have more children.
(c) Men have more time for prayer.
(d) Men have more wives.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Veblen describe hunting in a predatory culture?

2. What does Veblen say the effects of an ownership society are on the behavior of its members?

3. Which occupation would the leisure class have worked as?

4. What does Veblen say is the motive for ownership?

5. What does Veblen say an ownership society motivates people to do?

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