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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. What do expensive handmade clothes have that cheap imitations do not?
(a) More authentic components.
(b) The signature of the maker.
(c) The aesthetic quality of the original.
(d) Patented features.

2. What is reserved for the leisure class?
(a) Owning property.
(b) Possession of slaves.
(c) Luxuries like jewelry.
(d) Travel.

3. Who engages in vicarious consumption?
(a) Slaves.
(b) Servants.
(c) Men of leisure.
(d) Workers.

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

5. How does Veblen explain the change of fashion from year to year?
(a) It is a shallow form of bourgeois emulation of different aristocratic idols.
(b) It is a constantly renewed way to police who is current and who is classic.
(c) It is a form of cultural restlessness.
(d) It is a form of conspicuous waste.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Veblen say is the reason for gambling?

2. Where is conspicuous consumption most prevalent?

3. What does the belief in luck accompany?

4. What does Veblen say is evidence of people's concern with their appearances?

5. What kind of value does Veblen say gambling has?

(see the answer key)

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