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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Pecuniary Standard of Living.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Veblen say an ownership society motivates people to do?
(a) Keep money within the family.
(b) Steal.
(c) Conquer other people.
(d) Work hard.

2. What does Veblen say possessions indicate in an ownership society?
(a) The fame of the possessor.
(b) The power of the possessor.
(c) The virtue of the possessor.
(d) The nobility of the possessor.

3. When does Veblen say that a leisure class emerged?
(a) During the transition from savage barbarism to agricultural barbarism.
(b) During the transition from agricultural barbarism to urban mercantilism.
(c) During the transition from mercantilism to early industry.
(d) During the transition from primitive savagery to barbarism.

4. What is the relationship between manners and class?
(a) Manners indicate conformity to the dominant class's fashions.
(b) Manners indicate social climbers.
(c) Manners indicate breeding and status.
(d) Manners change from time to time to keep newcomers at a disadvantage.

5. What does Veblen say a person's possessions determine in ownership societies?
(a) Class.
(b) Virtue.
(c) Status.
(d) Profession.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How does Veblen say the laboring classes in an agricultural society see work?

3. What distinction does Veblen say emerged between types of labor in cultures that had a leisure class?

4. What does Veblen say is the motive for ownership?

5. What consumption articles does Veblen state that the consumer hangs on to the most?

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