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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. Who performs the most vicarious consumption, according to Veblen?
(a) Servants.
(b) The wage earner.
(c) The women of the household.
(d) Children.

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

3. What effect does Veblen say gambling has on industrial efficiency?
(a) It increases industrial efficiency.
(b) It is a hindrance.
(c) Its effect is unpredictable.
(d) It motivates people by increasing debt.

4. To whom does the requirement of excessive clothing apply most?
(a) Owners.
(b) Women.
(c) Children.
(d) Servants.

5. 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 slaves.
(c) The workers.
(d) The upper-class women.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What factor besides luck affects gambling on sports, according to Veblen?

3. What aspect of man's character does gambling originate in, according to Veblen?

4. Why does Veblen say women wore corsets?

5. What does consumption yield to the individual?

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