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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 does Veblen say was lacking in primitive culture?
(a) A priest class.
(b) A governing class.
(c) Ownership of private property.
(d) The need for drudgery.

2. Where does Veblen say scholars fit in the social spectrum?
(a) They are looked up to for their vicarious consumption of cultural production.
(b) They are valued for their high level of expenditures on conspicuous items.
(c) They are looked down upon for their lower earnings.
(d) They are looked up to for their production of cultural materials.

3. What happens when people attain a certain level of consumption?
(a) It is easier to reach what has been just out of reach.
(b) They try to raise their children with less frivolous things.
(c) It is difficult to move to a lower level.
(d) They are free to move down, but it is difficult to move further up.

4. Under what heading does Veblen put sports and fighting and other manifestations of the predatory temperament?
(a) Savagery.
(b) Exploitation.
(c) Disgruntlement.
(d) Unproductive aggression.

5. What does consumption yield to the individual?
(a) Wealth.
(b) Reputation.
(c) Utility.
(d) Status.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Veblen say makes wealth desirable?

2. What distinguishes devout structures from other buildings?

3. Selective adaptation governs what?

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

5. What allowed a leisure class to emerge?

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