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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 warlike.
(b) They become more efficient.
(c) They become more diplomatic.
(d) They become more decadent.

2. Where did the earliest form of ownership take place?
(a) In early industrial stages of culture.
(b) In high industrial stages of culture.
(c) In lower barbarian stages of culture.
(d) In higher barbarian stages of culture.

3. What was the state of the leisure class in hunting cultures?
(a) It was highly developed, and hunters exploit the women for their labor.
(b) It existed only for the priests.
(c) It did not exist.
(d) It was developing but still competing with the communal lifestyle.

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

5. According to Veblen, property became a prerequisite for what?
(a) Respect.
(b) Reputation.
(c) Comfort.
(d) Starting a family.

Short Answer Questions

1. How have the upper classes distinguished themselves from the other classes?

2. Which employments were associated with a lower status?

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

4. Private ownership led to what cultural development?

5. What distinction does Veblen say emerged between types of labor in cultures that had a leisure class?

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