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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. What factors drove the emergence of the leisure class?
(a) Geographical forces.
(b) Technological forces.
(c) Military forces.
(d) Economic forces.

2. What does Veblen say is the most serious occupation of the leisure class?
(a) Government.
(b) Innovation.
(c) Production.
(d) Distribution.

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

4. What distinction does Veblen say emerged between types of labor in cultures that had a leisure class?
(a) Between workers, managers, and owners.
(b) Between worthy and unworthy labor.
(c) Between capitalists and communists.
(d) Between agitators and protestors.

5. What do silver spoons have that machine-made spoons do not?
(a) Aesthetic design.
(b) Serviceability.
(c) Conspicuous waste.
(d) Utility.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Veblen say causes an item of clothing to be seen as inferior?

2. To what does Veblen compare the martial spirit in lower-class delinquents?

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

4. According to Veblen, there is a natural selection among what?

5. Which ethnic type does Veblen say has more predatory traits?

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