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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Modern Survivals of Prowess.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What consumption articles does Veblen state that the consumer hangs on to the most?
(a) Luxuries.
(b) Objects with high exchange value.
(c) Necessities.
(d) Objects with high utility value.

2. What does Veblen say fighting does for lower-class delinquents?
(a) Veblen says that it culls the weak.
(b) Veblen says that it asserts manhood.
(c) Veblen says that it threatens the upper classes.
(d) Veblen says that it settles property disputes.

3. What factors drove the emergence of the leisure class?
(a) Technological forces.
(b) Military forces.
(c) Geographical forces.
(d) Economic forces.

4. Where does Veblen say the leisure class lived during his time?
(a) Near the industrial community.
(b) Above the industrial community.
(c) Within the industrial community.
(d) Beyond the industrial community.

5. Who engages in vicarious consumption?
(a) Slaves.
(b) Men of leisure.
(c) Servants.
(d) Workers.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the state of the institution with regard to the present moment?

2. What is the relationship between manners and class?

3. How does Veblen say people can move from the industrial class to the leisure class?

4. Whose theories influenced Veblen's ideas about selective adaptation?

5. What distinction does Veblen say emerged between types of labor in cultures that had a leisure class?

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