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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How do the clergy indicate the honor of their employment?
(a) By their devout productivity in the Church's work.
(b) By their conspicuous waste of productive land.
(c) By their dress and their nonproductive labor.
(d) By their meditation upon timeless concepts.

2. To what does Veblen compare the martial spirit in lower-class delinquents?
(a) The college spirit in sports.
(b) Drunkenness.
(c) The state of war.
(d) Youthful impetuosity.

3. What age does Veblen say worshiping corresponds to?
(a) The peaceful age.
(b) The antepredatory age.
(c) The industrial age.
(d) The barbarian age.

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

5. Where did the predatory variant come from?
(a) Adaptation from the predatory culture.
(b) Evolution from the peaceable culture.
(c) Inversion of the antepredatory culture.
(d) Evolution from the antepredatory culture.

Short Answer Questions

1. Spending money on ornate buildings is an example of what?

2. What is the state of the institution with regard to the present moment?

3. What does Veblen say makes wealth desirable?

4. According to Veblen, new selections of the fittest are driven by changes in what?

5. How does a man of leisure indicate his position in society?

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