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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Veblen say is evidence of people's concern with their appearances?
(a) They will follow the fashions, no matter how silly.
(b) They will neglect to protect themselves from the weather.
(c) They will wear clothing that gets in the way of their work.
(d) They will expose as much or as little of themselves as fashion warrants.

2. What does Veblen say public lawns have?
(a) Pecuniary beauty.
(b) Lower maintenance than pastures.
(c) Emulation of pastures.
(d) More aesthetic beauty than pastures.

3. Where did the predatory variant come from?
(a) Evolution from the peaceable culture.
(b) Adaptation from the predatory culture.
(c) Evolution from the antepredatory culture.
(d) Inversion of the antepredatory culture.

4. Where did the earliest form of ownership take place?
(a) In high industrial stages of culture.
(b) In lower barbarian stages of culture.
(c) In early industrial stages of culture.
(d) In higher barbarian stages of culture.

5. How must a man of leisure act?
(a) With decorum appropriate to his station.
(b) With deference toward his equals and superiors.
(c) With no respect or regard for his inferiors.
(d) WIth appreciation for the technical trades that allow him his leisure.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does the upper class distinguish itself, according to Veblen?

2. What principle does Veblen say guides the consumer's habits?

3. What does Veblen say emulation leads to?

4. What does Veblen see as evidence of the martial spirit in the leisure class?

5. What does Veblen say causes an item of clothing to be seen as inferior?

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