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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) Status.
(b) Class.
(c) Virtue.
(d) Profession.

2. What does Veblen say emulation leads to?
(a) Conspicuous produciton.
(b) Conspicuous waste.
(c) Conspicuous servitude.
(d) Conspicuous consumption.

3. How does Veblen define conspicuous consumption?
(a) Vulgar or unnecessary displays of wealth.
(b) An act of consumption that involves more than one person.
(c) A refined set of mannerisms displayed while consuming status symbols.
(d) The display of wealth in front of witnesses to wealth.

4. What does Veblen say is evidence of people's concern with their appearances?
(a) They will expose as much or as little of themselves as fashion warrants.
(b) They will wear clothing that gets in the way of their work.
(c) They will neglect to protect themselves from the weather.
(d) They will follow the fashions, no matter how silly.

5. What does Veblen say a woman's dress indicates about her spouse?
(a) Her independence from him.
(b) Her affection for him.
(c) Her reliance upon him.
(d) Her interdependence upon him.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Veblen explain the change of fashion from year to year?

2. According to Veblen, new selections of the fittest are driven by changes in what?

3. Under what conditions is there a quasi-peaceful stage in Western culture, according to Veblen?

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

5. What clothes should members of the leisure class wear?

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