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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Belief in Luck.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. To what agency does Veblen attribute industrial man's faith in luck?
(a) God.
(b) Spirits of a place.
(c) The spirit of the times.
(d) The unseen hand.

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

3. What does the belief in luck accompany?
(a) Loss of faith in religion.
(b) Belief in immortality.
(c) Resistance to industrialism.
(d) Development of status.

4. How does a belief in luck have an effect on efficiency?
(a) It fills people with idle hopes.
(b) It consumes time in speculation.
(c) It is a deviation from matter-of-fact sequences.
(d) It shifts people's attention to nonmaterial forces.

5. What does Veblen say a woman's dress indicates about her spouse?
(a) Her independence from him.
(b) Her interdependence upon him.
(c) Her affection for him.
(d) Her reliance upon him.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Veblen say clothing is designed for?

2. What do expensive handmade clothes have that cheap imitations do not?

3. Who engages in vicarious consumption?

4. What clothes should members of the leisure class wear?

5. What is the term Veblen uses for the belief that a sports event can be influenced by outside factors?

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