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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Industrial Exemption and Conservatism.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Veblen say a person's possessions determine in ownership societies?
(a) Profession.
(b) Virtue.
(c) Status.
(d) Class.

2. What does Veblen say makes wealth desirable?
(a) It is honorable.
(b) It resolves disputes.
(c) It gives renown.
(d) It provides happiness.

3. As leisure classes develop, whom do the marginal men of leisure in the lower ranks affiliate themselves with?
(a) The slaves.
(b) The workers.
(c) The men of leisure in the higher ranks.
(d) The upper-class women.

4. What does Veblen say was the earliest form of ownership?
(a) Ownership of women.
(b) Ownership of hunting rights.
(c) Ownership of songs.
(d) Ownership of land.

5. What two classes does Veblen distinguish between?
(a) Aesthetic and industrial classes.
(b) Consumption and waste classes.
(c) Acquisition and production classes.
(d) Production and distribution classes.

Short Answer Questions

1. What kind of leisure is created by inheritance?

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

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

4. What happens when people attain a certain level of consumption?

5. What does Veblen say happens as technology progresses?

(see the answer key)

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