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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Conspicuous Consumption.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where is conspicuous consumption most prevalent?
(a) In Paris.
(b) In urban areas.
(c) In court.
(d) In rural areas.

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

3. What distinction does Veblen say separates men and women?
(a) Women can contain men's emotions.
(b) Men can endure greater strains.
(c) Men are more aggressive.
(d) Women are more empathetic.

4. What does Veblen say possessions indicate in an ownership society?
(a) The virtue of the possessor.
(b) The fame of the possessor.
(c) The power of the possessor.
(d) The nobility of the possessor.

5. What distinction does Veblen say emerged between types of labor in cultures that had a leisure class?
(a) Between agitators and protestors.
(b) Between workers, managers, and owners.
(c) Between worthy and unworthy labor.
(d) Between capitalists and communists.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Veblen call the code of conduct for servants?

2. What aspect of culture was a condition for the development of a leisure class?

3. How does Veblen define leisure?

4. Vicarious consumption reflects whose standing?

5. Which employments were associated with a lower status?

(see the answer key)

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