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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Pecuniary Emulation.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Veblen say happens to cultures that develop knowledge and tools?
(a) They become more efficient.
(b) They become more warlike.
(c) They become more decadent.
(d) They become more diplomatic.

2. Which employments were associated with a lower status?
(a) Government tasks.
(b) Subsistence tasks.
(c) Crafts.
(d) Diplomatic tasks.

3. What employments did upper-class people in Iceland and Polynesia work in?
(a) Government, military, and the ministry.
(b) Management, service jobs, and newspapers.
(c) Investment banking and diplomacy.
(d) Arts, music, and entertainment.

4. What incentive does Veblen say results from the desire to own property?
(a) The incentive to work.
(b) The incentive to have children.
(c) The incentive to fight over property.
(d) The incentive to marry.

5. What happens when men come into wealth through peaceful means?
(a) Property becomes the measure of spiritual values.
(b) Property becomes an indicator of heritage.
(c) Property becomes an indicator of success.
(d) Property becomes the subject of competition and warfare.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Veblen say possessions indicate in an ownership society?

2. What stage of culture contained the institution of the leisure class?

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

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

5. What distinction does Veblen say separates men and women?

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