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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Devout Observances.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Private ownership led to what cultural development?
(a) Jealousy and murders.
(b) War.
(c) Dueling.
(d) Competition for goods.

2. What are signs of vicarious consumption?
(a) Making loans to workers.
(b) Costume and dress of servants.
(c) Open air markets for servants.
(d) Volunteering among the poor.

3. What does Veblen say makes wealth desirable?
(a) It gives renown.
(b) It is honorable.
(c) It provides happiness.
(d) It resolves disputes.

4. Where does Veblen say gambling originated?
(a) He says it is an archaic activity.
(b) He says it originated in predatory culture.
(c) He says it originated in sports.
(d) He says it originated in peaceable culture.

5. How does the upper class distinguish itself, according to Veblen?
(a) By profiting from labor.
(b) By avoiding labor.
(c) By performing labor efficiently.
(d) By selling the proceeds of its labor.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Veblen say about the upper classes in Iceland and Polynesia?

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

3. Under what conditions is there a quasi-peaceful stage in Western culture, according to Veblen?

4. What do expensive handmade clothes have that cheap imitations do not?

5. Who engages in vicarious consumption?

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