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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Higher Learning as an Expression of the Pecuniary Culture.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. As leisure classes develop, whom do the marginal men of leisure in the lower ranks affiliate themselves with?
(a) The men of leisure in the higher ranks.
(b) The upper-class women.
(c) The slaves.
(d) The workers.

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

3. How does Veblen say the laboring classes in an agricultural society see work?
(a) It is the minimum requirement.
(b) It is the means to advancement.
(c) It is humiliating.
(d) It is not undignified.

4. What does Veblen say causes an item of clothing to be seen as inferior?
(a) If it is easy to manufacture.
(b) If it is gaudy.
(c) If it is cheap.
(d) If it is widely available.

5. What aspect of man's character does gambling originate in, according to Veblen?
(a) The antepredatory character.
(b) The predatory character.
(c) The peaceable character.
(d) The religious character.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who benefits by a scholar's work?

2. What makes dress a good indicator of conspicuous waste?

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

4. How does a belief in luck have an effect on efficiency?

5. Why do people spend more than they need for physical comfort?

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