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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. Selective adaptation governs what?
(a) The display of wealth.
(b) Who works for whom.
(c) Who survives socially.
(d) The fashion from year to year.

2. To which group does the selection process seem to apply least?
(a) Antepredatory variants.
(b) Predatory types.
(c) Peaceable types.
(d) Ethnic types.

3. According to Veblen, ethnic types during his time were variations of what?
(a) Peaceable types.
(b) Primitive ethnic types.
(c) Antepredatory types.
(d) Predatory types.

4. What is it that forces the resistant social classes to adapt to new conditions?
(a) The stress involved in keeping their traditions.
(b) Competition from other classes.
(c) The cost of adapting.
(d) The stability of the class structure itself.

5. How does Veblen say members of a society are ranked and judged?
(a) In terms of their noble lineage.
(b) In terms of their wealth.
(c) In terms of their power.
(d) In terms of their morals.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Veblen say public lawns have?

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

3. How does Veblen describe hunting in a predatory culture?

4. What makes dress a good indicator of conspicuous waste?

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

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