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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 standards of consumption change?
(a) Slower in societies with more social mobility.
(b) Very slowly over time.
(c) Faster in societies with less social mobility.
(d) They change with every season.

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

3. What changes as a result of a change in institutions?
(a) Economic models.
(b) The means of production.
(c) Technology.
(d) Habits and thoughts.

4. Why do existing institutions foster the propagation of a particular type of person?
(a) Because he will bring his family into the institution.
(b) Because he propagates within his family.
(c) Because he fosters the development of social cohesion.
(d) Because he fosters the institution.

5. What distinguishes devout structures from other buildings?
(a) They are more comfortable.
(b) They are less elaborate.
(c) They are always open to the public.
(d) They are more ornate.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why do people spend more than they need for physical comfort?

2. Whose theories influenced Veblen's ideas about selective adaptation?

3. What two classes does Veblen distinguish between?

4. What does Veblen say happens as technology progresses?

5. Natural selection of social structure is influenced by the natural selection of what?

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