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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 principle does Veblen say guides the consumer's habits?
(a) Conspicuous consumption.
(b) Vicarious consumption.
(c) Vicarious waste.
(d) Conspicuous waste.

2. What allowed a leisure class to emerge?
(a) Improvements in production efficiency.
(b) Exploitation of workers.
(c) Differentiation and specialization of labor.
(d) Expansion of the military.

3. What kind of leisure is created by inheritance?
(a) Obligatory leisure.
(b) Vicarious leisure.
(c) Marginal leisure.
(d) Super-leisure.

4. What force does Veblen say shapes the standard of living?
(a) Human guilt.
(b) The industrial lifestyle.
(c) The predatory animus.
(d) Physical hunger.

5. What distinction does Veblen say separates men and women?
(a) Women are more empathetic.
(b) Men can endure greater strains.
(c) Men are more aggressive.
(d) Women can contain men's emotions.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why do people spend more than they need for physical comfort?

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

3. What term does Veblen use to describe horses and dogs?

4. Which employments were associated with a lower status?

5. What are signs of vicarious consumption?

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