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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Veblen say the laboring classes in an agricultural society see work?
(a) It is humiliating.
(b) It is not undignified.
(c) It is the minimum requirement.
(d) It is the means to advancement.

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

3. How does Veblen say the upper classes in an agricultural society see work?
(a) They idealize it.
(b) They see it as dishonorable.
(c) They master it.
(d) They envy it.

4. What is the relationship between manners and class?
(a) Manners indicate breeding and status.
(b) Manners change from time to time to keep newcomers at a disadvantage.
(c) Manners indicate conformity to the dominant class's fashions.
(d) Manners indicate social climbers.

5. What does Veblen say an ownership society motivates people to do?
(a) Keep money within the family.
(b) Steal.
(c) Conquer other people.
(d) Work hard.

Short Answer Questions

1. What distinction begins to be drawn as the group around the patron grows?

2. What does Veblen say is the motive for ownership?

3. How does a man of leisure indicate his position in society?

4. What did men use to display their exploits during the earliest forms of ownership?

5. What was the state of the leisure class in hunting cultures?

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