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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Pecuniary Emulation.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which cultures exhibited the leisure class?
(a) Postindustrial America.
(b) Primitive Indonesia.
(c) Feudal Europe.
(d) Migratory American Indians.

2. What does Veblen say is the motive for ownership?
(a) Possessiveness.
(b) Envy.
(c) Emulation.
(d) Competitiveness.

3. What was the state of the leisure class in hunting cultures?
(a) It did not exist.
(b) It was developing but still competing with the communal lifestyle.
(c) It existed only for the priests.
(d) It was highly developed, and hunters exploit the women for their labor.

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

5. What did men use to display their exploits during the earliest forms of ownership?
(a) War booty.
(b) Enemy women.
(c) Stories.
(d) Gold.

Short Answer Questions

1. What allowed a leisure class to emerge?

2. Where did the earliest form of ownership take place?

3. Which employments were associated with a lower status?

4. What happens when men come into wealth through peaceful means?

5. What happens when a community develops a standard of wealth?

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