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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When did the leisure class become part of society?
(a) At the same time ownership did.
(b) At the same time slavery did.
(c) At the same time technology did.
(d) At the same time religion did.

2. What does Veblen say was lacking in primitive culture?
(a) The need for drudgery.
(b) A priest class.
(c) A governing class.
(d) Ownership of private property.

3. What allowed a leisure class to emerge?
(a) Improvements in production efficiency.
(b) Differentiation and specialization of labor.
(c) Expansion of the military.
(d) Exploitation of workers.

4. What classes does Veblen describe emerging as society developed?
(a) Proletariat and bourgeoisie.
(b) Workers and parasites.
(c) Industrial and nonindustrial classes.
(d) Blue-collar and white-collar classes.

5. What happens when a community develops a standard of wealth?
(a) Society persecutes those below that level.
(b) Society bands together to care for those below that level.
(c) Anything below that level becomes objectionable.
(d) Anything beyond that level becomes meritorious.

Short Answer Questions

1. When does Veblen say that a leisure class emerged?

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

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

4. Private ownership led to what cultural development?

5. How does Veblen classify industrial labor in industrial societies?

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