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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. How have the upper classes distinguished themselves from the other classes?
(a) They have not worked.
(b) They have been able to work at any job they choose.
(c) They have worked only in positions that have prestige.
(d) They have worked at the highest paying jobs.

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

4. What does Veblen say the effects of an ownership society are on the behavior of its members?
(a) It makes people economically insecure.
(b) It makes people conservative.
(c) It makes people frugal.
(d) It makes people warlike.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Veblen say was lacking in primitive culture?

2. What happens when a community develops a standard of wealth?

3. What does Veblen say results from the possession and consumption of goods?

4. What distinction does Veblen say separates men and women?

5. What are signs of vicarious consumption?

(see the answer key)

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