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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does a man of leisure indicate his position in society?
(a) By volunteering to help the poor.
(b) By his association with people of renown.
(c) By giving money to charities.
(d) By consuming and giving away certain things.

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

3. What allowed a leisure class to emerge?
(a) Exploitation of workers.
(b) Improvements in production efficiency.
(c) Differentiation and specialization of labor.
(d) Expansion of the military.

4. When does Veblen say that a leisure class emerged?
(a) During the transition from savage barbarism to agricultural barbarism.
(b) During the transition from mercantilism to early industry.
(c) During the transition from primitive savagery to barbarism.
(d) During the transition from agricultural barbarism to urban mercantilism.

5. How do the clergy indicate the honor of their employment?
(a) By their devout productivity in the Church's work.
(b) By their dress and their nonproductive labor.
(c) By their meditation upon timeless concepts.
(d) By their conspicuous waste of productive land.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What term does Veblen use to describe horses and dogs?

3. What employments did upper-class people in Iceland and Polynesia work in?

4. What does Veblen say was the earliest form of ownership?

5. What are the standards of consumption determined by?

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