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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. Natural selection of social structure is influenced by the natural selection of what?
(a) Institutions.
(b) Capitalists.
(c) Economies.
(d) Producers.

2. What spiritual need does clothing serve for people?
(a) Veblen says that it reminds them of the discomforts Christ suffered.
(b) Veblen says that it helps them raise their eyes to the skies.
(c) Veblen says that it comforts them as God comforts them.
(d) Veblen says that it helps them conform to society.

3. What does Veblen say is the motive for ownership?
(a) Competitiveness.
(b) Envy.
(c) Possessiveness.
(d) Emulation.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. As leisure classes develop, whom do the marginal men of leisure in the lower ranks affiliate themselves with?

2. What is the state of the institution with regard to the present moment?

3. What happens to the standard of wealth over time?

4. What does Veblen say comprises people's standard of living?

5. What factors drove the emergence of the leisure class?

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