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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What does Veblen say results from the possession and consumption of goods?
(a) Competitive sports replace warfare.
(b) Widespread physical comforts.
(c) Women demand greater rights.
(d) Debt produces a new class of slave.

3. 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 higher barbarian stages of culture.
(d) In lower barbarian stages of culture.

4. Where is conspicuous consumption most prevalent?
(a) In rural areas.
(b) In Paris.
(c) In court.
(d) In urban areas.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who engages in vicarious consumption?

2. Private ownership led to what cultural development?

3. What was the state of the leisure class in hunting cultures?

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

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

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