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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Devout Observances.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What do expensive handmade clothes have that cheap imitations do not?
(a) Patented features.
(b) The aesthetic quality of the original.
(c) The signature of the maker.
(d) More authentic components.

2. According to Veblen, what are sports based on?
(a) The ability to settle things amicably.
(b) The compulsion to accept defeat.
(c) The ability to cause damage.
(d) The desire to impress women.

3. What is the term Veblen uses for the belief that a sports event can be influenced by outside factors?
(a) Hamartia.
(b) Animism.
(c) Hamingia.
(d) Mysticism.

4. To what does Veblen compare the martial spirit in lower-class delinquents?
(a) Youthful impetuosity.
(b) The state of war.
(c) The college spirit in sports.
(d) Drunkenness.

5. How does a belief in luck have an effect on efficiency?
(a) It fills people with idle hopes.
(b) It consumes time in speculation.
(c) It is a deviation from matter-of-fact sequences.
(d) It shifts people's attention to nonmaterial forces.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Veblen say was lacking in primitive culture?

3. What does Veblen say is the reason for gambling?

4. What does Veblen say emulation leads to?

5. Why does Veblen say women wore corsets?

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