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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) Patented features.
(b) The aesthetic quality of the original.
(c) More authentic components.
(d) The signature of the maker.

2. Why does Veblen say women wore corsets?
(a) Because restricting their movements prevented them from work.
(b) Because restricting their movements made them less threatening.
(c) Because discomfort was a luxury.
(d) Because making them slenderer made them seem more expensive.

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

4. What is the term Veblen uses for the belief that a sports event can be influenced by outside factors?
(a) Animism.
(b) Hamingia.
(c) Hamartia.
(d) Mysticism.

5. What does consumption yield to the individual?
(a) Reputation.
(b) Utility.
(c) Wealth.
(d) Status.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Veblen say causes an item of clothing to be seen as inferior?

3. What does Veblen say a woman's dress indicates about her spouse?

4. Vicarious leisure results in what?

5. How does Veblen define conspicuous consumption?

(see the answer key)

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