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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Veblen call the code of conduct for servants?
(a) Conspicuous discomfort.
(b) Mechanical efficiency.
(c) Service with a smile.
(d) Conspicuous subservience.

2. Vicarious leisure results in what?
(a) Competition among servant classes.
(b) Competition among owners.
(c) Greater employment.
(d) Distinctions among servant classes.

3. What factors drove the emergence of the leisure class?
(a) Geographical forces.
(b) Technological forces.
(c) Economic forces.
(d) Military forces.

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

5. How does Veblen say members of a society are ranked and judged?
(a) In terms of their noble lineage.
(b) In terms of their morals.
(c) In terms of their power.
(d) In terms of their wealth.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Veblen describe hunting in a predatory culture?

2. Vicarious consumption reflects whose standing?

3. What does Veblen say was the earliest form of ownership?

4. Who engages in vicarious consumption?

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

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