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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Conspicuous Consumption.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What distinction begins to be drawn as the group around the patron grows?
(a) Between landed and monied gentry.
(b) Between noble and ignoble.
(c) Between aristocratic and democratic.
(d) Between upper-class and lower-class merchants.

2. Which aspect of culture was a condition for the development of a leisure class?
(a) Representative government.
(b) A predatory nature in the community.
(c) Competition for resources.
(d) An ethic of sharing.

3. Which cultures exhibited the leisure class?
(a) Primitive Indonesia.
(b) Migratory American Indians.
(c) Postindustrial America.
(d) Feudal Europe.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Which employments were associated with a lower status?

3. What are signs of vicarious consumption?

4. What is reserved for the leisure class?

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

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