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

2. What did men use to display their exploits during the earliest forms of ownership?
(a) Enemy women.
(b) War booty.
(c) Gold.
(d) Stories.

3. 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.

4. What does Veblen say makes wealth desirable?
(a) It resolves disputes.
(b) It is honorable.
(c) It gives renown.
(d) It provides happiness.

5. What does Veblen say was the earliest form of ownership?
(a) Ownership of songs.
(b) Ownership of hunting rights.
(c) Ownership of land.
(d) Ownership of women.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. What does Veblen say about the upper classes in Iceland and Polynesia?

4. When did the leisure class become part of society?

5. What does Veblen say happens as technology progresses?

(see the answer key)

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