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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What stage of culture contained the institution of the leisure class?
(a) Late stages of hunting culture.
(b) Early stages of agricultural culture.
(c) Late stages of agricultural culture.
(d) High stages of barbarian culture.

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

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

4. What does Veblen see as evidence of the martial spirit in the leisure class?
(a) Competitive business practices.
(b) Lawsuits.
(c) Monopolies.
(d) Dueling.

5. What distinction does Veblen say separates men and women?
(a) Women can contain men's emotions.
(b) Women are more empathetic.
(c) Men can endure greater strains.
(d) Men are more aggressive.

Short Answer Questions

1. What spiritual need does clothing serve for people?

2. What does Veblen say motivates conspicuous waste?

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

4. Which holiday does Veblen cite as an example of holidays being vicarious leisure?

5. What does Veblen say happens to cultures that develop knowledge and tools?

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