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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did men use to display their exploits during the earliest forms of ownership?
(a) Stories.
(b) Gold.
(c) Enemy women.
(d) War booty.

2. What happens when men come into wealth through peaceful means?
(a) Property becomes an indicator of success.
(b) Property becomes the subject of competition and warfare.
(c) Property becomes an indicator of heritage.
(d) Property becomes the measure of spiritual values.

3. What force does Veblen say shapes the standard of living?
(a) Human guilt.
(b) The industrial lifestyle.
(c) Physical hunger.
(d) The predatory animus.

4. Which organization does Veblen cite as an example of an organization whose existence is related to devout observance?
(a) The Ku Klux Klan.
(b) Young Men's Christian Association.
(c) The Chamber of Commerce.
(d) The Freemasons.

5. What promotes the predatory aptitudes and predatory animus?
(a) Pecuniary employments.
(b) Ownership.
(c) Craftsmanship.
(d) Industrial labor.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How does the upper class distinguish itself, according to Veblen?

3. What factors drove the emergence of the leisure class?

4. What changes as a result of a change in institutions?

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

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