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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. What is reserved for the leisure class?
(a) Possession of slaves.
(b) Travel.
(c) Owning property.
(d) Luxuries like jewelry.

4. How does Veblen define leisure?
(a) Anything done outside of work.
(b) Using time in nonproductive ways.
(c) Anything that doesn't produce anything.
(d) Using time in ways that produce entertainment.

5. Which occupation would the leisure class have worked as?
(a) Writer.
(b) Engraver.
(c) Merchant.
(d) Minister.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Veblen say happens to those who need to work but do not work?

3. How does Veblen say the upper classes in an agricultural society see work?

4. Where did the earliest form of ownership take place?

5. What does Veblen say happens to cultures that develop knowledge and tools?

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