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

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

3. What does Veblen say happens to cultures that develop knowledge and tools?
(a) They become more decadent.
(b) They become more efficient.
(c) They become more diplomatic.
(d) They become more warlike.

4. Private ownership led to what cultural development?
(a) Competition for goods.
(b) War.
(c) Jealousy and murders.
(d) Dueling.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. As leisure classes develop, whom do the marginal men of leisure in the lower ranks affiliate themselves with?

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

3. How does Veblen say members of a society are ranked and judged?

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

5. What did men use to display their exploits during the earliest forms of ownership?

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