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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where did the earliest form of ownership take place?
(a) In early industrial stages of culture.
(b) In high industrial stages of culture.
(c) In lower barbarian stages of culture.
(d) In higher barbarian stages of culture.

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

3. What does Veblen say fighting does for lower-class delinquents?
(a) Veblen says that it threatens the upper classes.
(b) Veblen says that it asserts manhood.
(c) Veblen says that it settles property disputes.
(d) Veblen says that it culls the weak.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Veblen say the laboring classes in an agricultural society see work?

2. Who performs the most vicarious consumption, according to Veblen?

3. What standard does Veblen say guides people's behavior?

4. According to Veblen, what are sports based on?

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

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