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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Pecuniary Canons of Taste.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is reserved for the leisure class?
(a) Possession of slaves.
(b) Luxuries like jewelry.
(c) Owning property.
(d) Travel.

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

3. What employments did upper-class people in Iceland and Polynesia work in?
(a) Arts, music, and entertainment.
(b) Government, military, and the ministry.
(c) Management, service jobs, and newspapers.
(d) Investment banking and diplomacy.

4. What was the state of the leisure class in hunting cultures?
(a) It was developing but still competing with the communal lifestyle.
(b) It did not exist.
(c) It was highly developed, and hunters exploit the women for their labor.
(d) It existed only for the priests.

5. What does consumption yield to the individual?
(a) Wealth.
(b) Status.
(c) Reputation.
(d) Utility.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does the upper class distinguish itself, according to Veblen?

2. What does Veblen say public lawns have?

3. How does Veblen define conspicuous consumption?

4. What does Veblen say an ownership society motivates people to do?

5. Vicarious consumption reflects whose standing?

(see the answer key)

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