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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What makes dress a good indicator of conspicuous waste?
(a) It can be made in so many different ways.
(b) It is always on display.
(c) Everyone knows how much clothing costs.
(d) Everyone has to wear it.

2. What is affected by the institution of a social class?
(a) The character of the social structure.
(b) The means of production.
(c) The economic model for society.
(d) The character of individuals.

3. What does Veblen say about his purposes in describing anthropomorphic cults?
(a) He says that he judges them for their detachment from Christian principles.
(b) He says that he wants people to see them as conspicuous waste.
(c) He says that he wants to expose them as imitations of archaic religions.
(d) He says that he wants to show how they are part of culture.

4. As leisure classes develop, whom do the marginal men of leisure in the lower ranks affiliate themselves with?
(a) The upper-class women.
(b) The men of leisure in the higher ranks.
(c) The workers.
(d) The slaves.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Veblen say the effects of an ownership society are on the behavior of its members?

2. What does Veblen say is the purpose of devout observances?

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

4. What are signs of vicarious consumption?

5. What do expensive handmade clothes have that cheap imitations do not?

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