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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Modern Survivals of Prowess.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Veblen explain the change of fashion from year to year?
(a) It is a shallow form of bourgeois emulation of different aristocratic idols.
(b) It is a form of conspicuous waste.
(c) It is a constantly renewed way to police who is current and who is classic.
(d) It is a form of cultural restlessness.

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

3. What does Veblen say public lawns have?
(a) Lower maintenance than pastures.
(b) Emulation of pastures.
(c) Pecuniary beauty.
(d) More aesthetic beauty than pastures.

4. What consumption articles does Veblen state that the consumer hangs on to the most?
(a) Objects with high exchange value.
(b) Luxuries.
(c) Necessities.
(d) Objects with high utility value.

5. To whom does the requirement of excessive clothing apply most?
(a) Children.
(b) Servants.
(c) Owners.
(d) Women.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Veblen define leisure?

2. When does Veblen say that a leisure class emerged?

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

4. When did the leisure class become part of society?

5. What is reserved for the leisure class?

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